World War II Honoree

Kermit 'Ben' Mitchell

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Cooleemee, North Carolina

Honored By

Novaro & Jan Nichols

Relationship

Friends

SERGEANT. ENLISTED ON NOVEMBER 11, 1942 UNTIL JANUARY 21, 1946. TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT FORT BRAGG, NORTH CAROLINA; BLYTHEVILLE, ARKANSAS AND UTAH AS AN AIRCRAFT MECHANIC. WENT OVERSEAS ON THE USS REPUBLIC; NEW CALEDONIA, BIAK, PHILIPPINES, OCCUPATION FORCES IN JAPAN. ONE OF HIS MANY DUTIES WAS MORNING CLERK WHERE HE KEPT DAILY RECORDS OF 96 PERSONNEL. RECEIVED THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS MEDAL WITH A BRONZE STAR, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL AND THE OCCUPATION OF JAPAN.