World War II Honoree

John Warren Freeman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Honored By

Joplin Lodge #501, B.P.O.E.

SOUTHWEST PACIFIC WING OF AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND, THEN TRANSFERRED TO 7TH AIR FORCE. ON THE BIGGEST ARMY TRANSPORT SHIP ON THE PACIFIC. MACARTHUR'S NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR IN NEW GUINEA FOR OVER 1 YEAR. FROM NEW GUINEA, TRANSFERRED TO HICKAM FIELD. WHILE THERE, REPAIRED THE #2 ENGINE ON THE ENOLA GAY, WHICH WAS ON HER WAY TO PERMANENT DISPLAY AT THE SMITHSONIAN IN WASHINGTON, D.C.