World War II Honoree

Thomas White Young

Hometown

Norfolk, Virginia

Honored By

Paula Lucy Delosh

WAR CORRESPONDENT, COVERED THE 99TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, THE FIRST UNIT OF BLACK PILOTS SENT INTO COMBAT BY THE U.S. FOR 5 MONTHS IN NORTH AFRICA AND SICILY AND IN JUNE 1944. ASSIGNED BY THE NAVY TO THE USS MASON, A DESTROYER ON ITS MAIDEN COMBAT ASSIGNMENT.