World War II Honoree

Herschel Wayne Orman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

West Lafayette, Indiana

Honored By

Ronald D. Eberly, CTACM, USN

Relationship

Cousin

SERVED FROM 1943 - 1945. IN LOGAN, UTAH FOR COLLEGE TRAINING IN SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA; PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOLING AT HONDO, TEXAS; NAVIGATION TRAINING AT KELLY FIELD, TEXAS FOR PILOT TRAINING AND UVALDE, TEXAS TO FLY PT-17'S. IN 1944, HE WENT TO MCALLEN, TEXAS TO FLY AT-6'S AND VICTORIA, TEXAS FOR ADVANCED TRAINING, WHERE HE COMPLETED 20 HOURS ON AT-6'S AND 20 HOURS ON P-40'S. GRADUATED AS 2ND LIEUTENANT AND IN 1945, SERVED IN SAN ANGELO, TEXAS AS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR.