World War II Honoree

Otto Frank Pospeschil

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Janesville, Wisconsin

Honored By

Mrs. Karen Holmes

Relationship

Daughter

2ND SQUADRON, 22ND BOMB SQUADRON. STATIONED AT HICKAM FIELD DURING THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. RECEIVED THE AIR MEDAL AND TWO OAK CLUSTERS FOR FLYING MISSIONS TO CLARK FIELD IN PHILIPPINES, OKINAWA OFF THE COAST OF CHINA AND FORMOSA. TAIL GUNNER ON THE B-17 AND B-24. DUTY ON THE PLANE WAS AS THE PHOTOGRAPHER. WHEN THE PLANE WENT OVER THE TARGET, THE BOMBS WOULD DROP AND HE WOULD TAKE PICTURES OF THE BOMB HITS. WENT TO PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOOL AT WHEELER FIELD IN HAWAII. WAS WAITING IN LINE TO GO TO CONFESSION AND THEN TO CHURCH WHEN THE JAPANESE STARTED BOMBING.