World War II Honoree

Chase J. Nielsen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Brigham City, Utah

SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR ON A B-25 BOMBER WITH THE DOOLITTLE RAIDERS WHO BOMBED JAPAN ON APRIL 18, 1942. THE RAIDERS TOOK OFF FROM THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS HORNET. HE AND HIS CREW RAN OUT OF FUEL OFF THE COAST OF CHINA AND HAD TO DITCH THE PLANE. HE SPENT MORE THAN THREE YEARS AS A JAPANESE PRISONER OF WAR.