World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Theron O. Mitchell
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Roseburg, Oregon
Honored By
Theron O. Mitchell
FOUR YEARS WWII. AIR CADET DECEMBER 1941 TO SEPTEMBER 1942. COMMISSIONED SERVICE BRITISH ROYAL AIR FORCE 1943. EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS WITH 8TH AND 9TH TROOP CARRIER AIR FORCE. FIRST ALLIED AIRBORNE ARMY. D-DAY INVASION. LIBERATORS OF PARIS, BATTLE OF RHINELAND AND GERMANY. ATTENDED PEACE TREATY SIGNING AS GENERAL AIDE MAY 7, 1945 AT REIMS, FRANCE. RETIRED: MAJOR, AIR FORCE RESERVE, RETIRED 1963, 20 YEARS ACTIVE RESERVE TIME.