World War II Honoree

William C. Mincher

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Bangor, Maine

Honored By

Jayne Winters

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED IN THE MARINE CORPS IN JULY 1942. FOLLOWING BOOT CAMP AT PARRIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA; HE WAS ASSIGNED TO RADIO-RADAR SCHOOL. UPON GRADUATION FROM THE NAVAL AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER AT CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS, HE WAS PROMOTED TO STAFF SERGEANT AND APPLIED FOR OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL. HE WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT ON APRIL 12, 1944 AND WAS SENT THROUGH RADAR SCHOOL AGAIN TO LEARN THE LATEST IN THE FREQUENT DEVELOPMENTS IN MILITARY ELECTRONICS. ASSIGNED TO DUTY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC IN 1945, HE JOINED A MARINE CORPS NIGHT-FIGHTER SQUADRON, VMF(N) 534, ON GUAM AND WAS ITS RADIO-RADAR OFFICER UNTIL THE SQUADRON RETURNED TO THE MAINLAND IN DECEMBER 1945.