World War II Honoree

Jack Cooper Wallace

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Corpus Christi, Texas

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH THE 822ND BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON, 38TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 5TH AIR FORCE. WAS A PILOT OF B-25 'MITCHELL' BOMBER AIRCRAFT AND COMPLETED 23 MISSIONS. STATIONED ON BIAC ISLAND IN NEW GUINEA, MOROTAI ISLAND IN THE SPICE ISLANDS IN THE DUTCH EAST INDIES, AND IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. ALSO AUTHORIZED THE PRESIDENTIAL (DISTINGUISHED) UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT FOR STRIKES AGAINST A LARGE CONVOY IN ORMOC BAY IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS IN NOVEMBER, 1944 TO PREVENT THE LANDING OF REINFORCEMENTS. AWARDED THE PHILIPPINE LIBERATION MEDAL FOR SERVICE IN THE LIBERATION OF THE PHILIPPINES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF FIRST LIEUTENANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.