World War II Honoree

Richard L. Dwyer

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Canton, Ohio

Honored By

Charles H. Jacobs

Relationship

Former Co-worker

IN SEPTEMBER 1942, TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT PATTERSON FIELD, OHIO, THEN TO KELLOGG FIELD, MICHIGAN FOR PHOTOGRAPHY TRAINING, AND TO AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY SCHOOL AT LOWRY FIELD, COLORADO. ASSIGNED TO 7TH PHOTOGRAPHIC SQUADRON AT WILL ROGERS FIELD, OKLAHOMA AND FROM THERE TO AUSTRALIA VIA SAN FRANCISCO. FROM THERE TO BOMBAY, INDIA, THEN TO CALCUTTA AND ON TO BURMA, TAKING AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OVER THE 'HUMP', CHINA, DUTCH EAST INDIES, AFRICA, SICILY AND ITALY. RETURNED TO NEW YORK JANUARY 10, 1946.