World War II Honoree

Jack Cox

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Cordell, Oklahoma

Honored By

Jackie Zonelle Cox Rainbolt

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED AS AN INSTRUCTOR PILOT AT THE AGE OF 19 WHILE STILL IN THE STATES. LATER SERVED AS A BOMBER PILOT IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC AND WAS STATIONED IN THE PHILIPPINES WHEN THE WAR ENDED. HE FLEW COVER FOR A DOWNED PLANE UNTIL RESCUE VESSELS APPEARED, AND WAS IN THE DECOY GROUP THAT FLEW WHEN THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB WAS DROPPED. HE ALSO SERVED AS A TEST PILOT.