World War II Honoree

Noel Francis Parrish

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Lexington, Kentucky

Honored By

Charles Henry Atkinson

IN JULY 1939 WAS APPOINTED A SUPERVISOR AT THE AIR CORPS FLYING SCHOOL AT GLENVIEW, ILLINOIS. MOVING TO MAXWELL FIELD, ALABAMA IN MARCH 1941, HE WAS NAMED ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF TRAINING OF THE EASTERN FLYING TRAINING COMMAND. IN DECEMBER, BECAME DIRECTOR OF TRAINING AT TUSKEGEE ARMY FLYING SCHOOL, ALABAMA, ASSUMING COMMAND OF TUSKEGEE ARMY AIR FIELD A YEAR LATER. REMAINED THERE FOR THE DURATION OF THE WAR (1942-46). ENTERING THE AIR COMMAND AND STAFF SCHOOL AT MAXWELL FIELD, ALABAMA IN AUGUST 1940, THE GENERAL GRADUATED THE FOLLOWING JUNE AND REMAINED THERE AS A MEMBER OF THE STAFF. DECORATIONS INCLUDE; THE LEGION OF MERIT AND AIR MEDAL.