World War II Honoree

Charles T. Gaynor

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Oakland, California

Honored By

William Gaynor

Relationship

Son

HE SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER. HIS UNIT RECEIVED 2 PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATIONS. THEY WERE FOR KASSERINE PASS AND THE SECOND WAS PO VALLEY. HE RECEIVED A GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 2 SILVER STAR ATTACHMENTS, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. CAMPAIGNS WERE ALGERIA-FRENCH MOROCCO, TUNISIA, SICILY, NAPLES-FOGGIA, ROME-ARNO, NORTHERN FRANCE, SOUTHERN FRANCE, NORTHERN APENNINES, RHINELAND AND THE LAST IS PO VALLEY. HIS WAS WITH THE 12TH AIR FORCE, 47TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP (LIGHT) THE 86TH BOMB SQUADRON (LONE PROWLERS).