World War II Honoree

William Kenton Mullins

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Whitesburg, Kentucky

Honored By

Major Mark C. Mullins

Relationship

Nephew

COMMISSIONED 2ND LIEUTENANT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ROTC PROGRAM. REPORTED TO ACTIVE DUTY AT MAXWELL FIELD, MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA IN OCTOBER 1942. HE WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO SELMAN FIELD, MONROE, LOUISIANA AS ADJUTANT FOR THE 96TH NAVIGATION TRAINING SQUADRON. NEXT HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE INDIA CHINA DIVISION, AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND AS THE COMMANDING OFFICER FROM JULY 1945 TO FEBRUARY 1946. HE THEN COMPLETED A BRIEF ASSIGNMENT AT THE PENTAGON AND WAS DISCHARGED AFTER THE KOREAN CONFLICT AS A MAJOR IN 1952.