World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Louis R. Douglas
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Kansas, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
JOINED THE CIVILIAN CONSERVATION CORPS AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1939. ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942 AND ATTENDED RADIO OPERATOR AND MECHANIC SCHOOL IN SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. ALSO ATTENDED AVIATION CADET TRAINING AT VALLEY FORGE MILITARY ACADEMY AT WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA AND YALE UNIVERSITY AT NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. SERVED AS A COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER STATIONED IN ITALY DURING THE WAR. CONTINUED IN SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT FROM THE U.S. AIR FORCE WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL.