World War II Honoree

Daniel A. O'Brien

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Weymouth, Massachusetts

Honored By

BSA Troop 9 Weymouth & R. M. Thomas

Relationship

Friends

AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. 2ND LIEUTENANT. PILOTED THE FIRST DOUGLAS C-47 AIR TRANSPORT PLANE TO EVACUATE THE FIRST AMERICAN WOUNDED FROM GERMANY. VETERAN OF NORMANDY AND NORTHERN FRANCE CAMPAIGNS, FLEW HIS C-47 TRANSPORT LOADED WITH ELECTRICAL CONDUITS FOR HOSPITAL CONSTRUCTION IN FRANCE. HIS CARGO UNLOADED, HE CONTINUED THE FLIGHT TO GERMANY, CROSSING THE SIEGFRIED LINE AND GERMAN PEASANTS PLOWING THE FIELDS BELOW. HE LANDED AND TAXIED TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE HE PICKED UP THE RHINE CONQUERORS WHERE THE MEN WAITED TO BE EVACUATED.