World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Leo Winters
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Hooker, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
LEFT COLLEGE AND JOINED THE ARMY AIR CORPS AFTER THE JAPANESE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER AS A PILOT ON B-17 FLYING FORTRESS BOMBER AIRCRAFT. FLEW MISSIONS IN AFRICA AND IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA. AFTER THE WAR IN EUROPE ENDED, WAS TRAINED IN B-29 SUPERFORTRESS BOMBERS AND ASSIGNED TO THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. WHEN THE WAR ENDED, HE WAS STATIONED IN ALASKA.