World War II Honoree

Louis M. Newman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Mooreville, Texas

Honored By

Jim Newman

Relationship

Brother

IN JULY 1941 ENTERED PILOT TRAINING AT HICKS FIELD AT FORT WORTH, TEXAS. IN FEBRUARY 1942 GRADUATED AS SECOND LIEUTENANT IN U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE FROM KELLEY FIELD IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. IN OCTOBER 1943 MADE FIRST LIEUTENANT AND TOOK INSTRUMENT TRAINING AT BRYAN FIELD IN BRYAN, TEXAS. IN AUGUST 1943 APPOINTED CAPTAIN AND ASSIGNED TO FOUR ENGINE PILOT TRAINING AT FORT WORTH, TEXAS. DEPLOYED TO WESTERN PACIFIC AS B-29 AVIATION COMMANDER, TINIAN ISLAND, ASSIGNED TO 770TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 462ND BOMB GROUP, 58TH BOMB WING, 20TH AIR FORCE. HE RECEIVED THE AIR MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC MEDAL WITH 1 BRONZE STAR. APPOINTED MAJOR IN JANUARY 1946.