World War II Honoree

William Leroy Conant

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Yakima, Washington

Honored By

Lyn Conant

Relationship

Wife

HE SERVED IN JAPAN AND GERMANY ALSO ENGLAND, FRANCE, CHINA-BURMA-INDIA .HE RECEIVED A MISSILE BADGE. FLEW THROUGH HURRICANES IN FLORIDA. HE STARTED THE MISSILE SCHOOL IN WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS. HE JOINED FEBRUARY 4, 1937 AND HE RETIRED IN JULY 1, 1965. STARTED AS A PRIVATE AND ENDED AS A FULL COLONEL WITH A FULL MASTERS DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE WITH A MINOR IN HISTORY.