Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Toledo, Ohio
Honored By
Jayson Smith and Family
Relationship
Grandson and Family
SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER WITH THE 13TH AF 868TH BOMB SQUADRON OR 'SNOOPERS'. HE WAS A ARMORER AND WAIST GUNNER ON A B-24 CREW. HIS CREW WAS ONE OF TEN B-24'S THAT FLEW AN 18 HOUR MISSION... THE LONGEST MISSION FLOWN BY B-24'S. HIS 868TH CREW ALSO FLEW THE LAST COMBAT MISSION OF THE WAR FOR THE SQUADRON.