World War II Honoree

Joseph Q. Whipple

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Canton, Ohio

Honored By

Charles H. Jacobs

Relationship

Former co-worker

ENLISTED IN THE ARMY JANUARY 5, 1942 AT FORT HAYES, COLUMBUS, OHIO AND ASSIGNED TO THE ARMY AIR CORPS. RECEIVED BASIC AND AIR MECHANIC TRAINING AT SHEPPARD FIELD, TEXAS AND DOUGLAS AIRCRAFT COMPANY IN SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA UNTIL AUGUST 1942. WAS THEN ASSIGNED TO THE 57TH BOMB SQUADRON, KEY FIELD, MISSISSIPPI. ON JUNE 2, 1943 HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE 404TH FIGHTER GROUP AS AN ARMY AIR FORCE SUPPLY TECHNICIAN. RECEIVED ADDITIONAL TRAINING AT COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA AND ARMY AIR FORCE SCHOOL OF APPLIED TACTICS, ORLANDO, FLORIDA. WAS THEN SENT TO MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA TO PREPARE FOR OVERSEAS DUTY. LEFT CAMP SHANKS, NEW YORK ON MARCH 23, 1944 ABOARD AN ENGLISH TROOPSHIP AND ARRIVED AT LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND APRIL 4, 1944. ENTERED FRANCE JULY 6, 1944 AND WAS STATIONED AT CHAPPELLE, PARIS AND REIMS, FRANCE; ST. TROND, BELGIUM; AND KELTZ, FRITZLAR, STUTTGART AND MANNHEIM, GERMANY. WAS SENT TO TIDWORTH STAGING AREA SEPTEMBER 5, 1945. SAILED FROM SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND ON SEPTEMBER 28, 1945 ABOARD THE RMS AQUITANIA. ARRIVED IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK OCTOBER 4, 1945. WAS SENT TO CAMP KILMER, NEW JERSEY THEN ON TO CAMP ATTERBURY, INDIANA FOR SEPARATION. WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON OCTOBER 8, 1945 AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT.