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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Cecil Raley, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Odessa, Texas

Honored By

Mr. Alfred E. Helton

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

463rd Bomb Group, 15th Air Force, 773rd Squadron. Served as a waist gunner on a B-17 (Holy Joe). Equipment failure and bad weather over enemy territory forced them to crash land in Switzerland in September, 1944. They were smuggled out and returned to the States.