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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Samuel Maurice Hicks

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

New Orleans, Louisiana

Honored By

Family

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Activity During WWII

ENLISTED ON MAY 22, 1942. HIS B-17 CRASHED ON A TRAINING FLIGHT. HE BECAME A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND ADVANCED TO HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AERODYNAMICS AT WESTERN TECH AS THE TRAINING COMMANDER. HE CREATED THE METEOROLOGICAL MONOGRAM FOR CADETS WHICH WAS TITLED 'WHY WEATHER'. USING AN M-1 RIFLE, HE BECAME A MARKSMAN SHOOTER. HE ORGANIZED THE PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL AT SHEPHERD FIELD AND TAUGHT METEOROLOGY.