World War II Honoree

James L. Worick

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Martinsville, Illinois

Honored By

Dick Fraass

Relationship

Nephew

JUNE 3,1940 TO SPRING 1943: AIR CORPS TRAINING COMMAND TRAINING AIRCRAFT MECHANICS. JUNE 1940: CHANUTE FIELD, RANTOUL, ILLINOIS. SPRING 41: LOGAN AIR BASE DENVER. AUGUST,1942, LINCOLN AIR BASE, NEBRASKA . SPRING 1943: TRAINING TO SET UP AIRFIELDS IN THE PACIFIC, PYOTE AIR BASE, TEXAS. FALL 1943 GALVESTON AIR BASE TEXAS. DECEMBER 1943 TO FALL 1944 FALKINGHAM AIR BASE, ENGLAND, IN THE 383RD, 8TH AIR FORCE HEAD OF ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATION MECHANICS. FALL 1944: MANY PLACES IN FRANCE, REACTIVATING FRENCH AND BELGIAN AIR BASES. THEN ORLY BASE, TOP HAT AND BACK TO THE STATES AFTER SEPTEMBER 1945.