World War II Honoree

Trammell Starr Greeson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Hazel Park, Michigan

Honored By

Enid Doris Griggs

Relationship

Wife

ENLISTED SEPTEMBER 2, 1942 AT FORT CUSTER, MICHIGAN. NEXT, ASSIGNMENT TO 369TH AIR SERVICE GROUP AS CLERK TYPIST IN SUPPLY AT WESTOVER FIELD, MASSACHUSETTS. DEPARTED U.S. DECEMBER 8, 1942 ABOARD THE QUEEN MARY. DISEMBARKED AT GURLOCK, SCOTLAND DECEMBER 15, THEN BY RAIL TO HUNGERFORD ROYAL AIR FORCE SPITFIRE BASE NEAR LAMBETH, ENGLAND. RECONNAISSANCE PILOTS FLEW SPITFIRE, P-38 AND P-51 AIRCRAFT. THE P-51 CRAFT WERE MODIFIED WITH BELLY CAMERAS INSTALLED UNDER THE PILOT'S SEAT. AS MEMBER OF THE 369TH AIR SERVICE GROUP BOXING TEAM, HE WON THE LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP FOR THE 8TH AIR FORCE, EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SENT AS SUPPLY SERGEANT WITH A DETACHMENT OF 369TH AIR SERVICE GROUP PERSONNEL TO THE 315TH TROOP CARRIER GROUP AT ALDERMASTON NEAR READING, ENGLAND TO ASSEMBLE GLIDERS FOR THE INVASION. THE 369TH AIR SERVICE GROUP WAS CHANGED TO THE 9TH AIR FORCE AND SENT TO MIDDLE WALLOP AIR FORCE BASE NEAR SALISBURY, ENGLAND. JULY 5, 1944 HIS UNIT OFF-LOADED ON THE BEACH AT NORMANDY. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO A JEEP EQUIPPED WITH A .50 CALIBER MACHINE GUN TO PROTECT OFFICERS GOING TO AND FROM THE AIR STRIPS TO THE SUPPLY DEPOTS. THE 369TH AIR SERVICE GROUP MADE SEVERAL CHANGES TO NEW AIR STRIPS WHICH INCLUDED VERSAILLES, FRANCE, GOSSELIES, BELGIUM, GERMANY, NORDHOLZ, GERMANY AND MARSEILLES, FRANCE. AFTER 34 MONTHS OVERSEAS DUTY, HE BOARDED THE GENERAL MEADE AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA, THEN BY RAIL TO CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA WHERE HE RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE ON OCTOBER 19, 1945 WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT.