World War II Honoree

Max J. Farwell

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Heglar, Idaho

Honored By

Wife, Children & Grandchildren

HE WAS A SERGEANT IN U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS. HIS INITIAL TRAINING IN THE B-24 BOMBER WAS AT GOWAN FIELD IN BOISE, IDAHO. HE AND HIS CREW WAS THEN SENT TO LORADO FIELD IN TEXAS FOR ADDITIONAL TRAINING BEFORE BEING SENT ASSIGNED TO THE 15TH AIR FORCE WHERE THEY FLEW MISSIONS IN ITALY AND NORTH AFRICA IN 1944 AND 1945. WHEN THE WAR ENDED IN EUROPE HE ALONG WITH HIS CREW RETURNED STATESIDE FOR TRAINING IN THE B-29 FOR ACTION IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. THE WAR ENDED AND HE WAS DISCHARGED AND SENT HOME.