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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Henry Bosworth Darling, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Augusta, Georgia

Honored By

Mc-VMI-1943

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

GRADUATED FROM THE VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE WITH THE CLASS OF 1938, THEN RECEIVED AN MBA FROM HARVARD. HE WAS COMMISSIONED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES, WAS SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY WHILE PILOTING A P-38 IN AERIAL COMBAT AND WAS MADE A POW FROM OCTOBER 1944 UNTIL APRIL 1945 AT WHICH TIME HE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE CAPTIVITY. HE WAS AWARDED A PURPLE HEART AND 15 AIR MEDALS. HE RETIRED A COLONEL.