World War II Honoree

Wallace Lyman Douglas

Branch of Service

U.S. Navy

Hometown

Lynchburg, Massachusetts

Honored By

Wallace Lyman Douglas

Relationship

Self

LIEUTENANT COMMANDER. SERVED FROM 1942 THROUGH 1945 AS A NAVAL PILOT. ENLISTED FROM BALTIMORE, MARYLAND AND TRAINED AT ANACOSTIA, WASHINGTON, D.C.; GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS; AND PENSACOLA, FLORIDA. COMMISSIONED IN PENSACOLA, FLORIDA IN 1944 AS A NAVAL AVIATOR WITH RANK OF ENSIGN. AFTER COMPLETING ADVANCED TRAINING AT JACKSONVILLE NAVAL AIR STATION, ASSIGNED TO SQUADRON VP-23 IN SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA. THEN FLEW AS FIRST PILOT ON PBY-5A CATALINA FLYING BOATS ON AIR-SEA RESCUE MISSIONS AND ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL IN THE MID PACIFIC. SERVED ON ENIWETOK, SAIPAN, GUAM, PELELIU AND IWO JIMA. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL FOR MERITORIOUS SERVICE.