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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Norman E. 'Monty' Montgomery

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Bartlesville, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL. SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. HIS AIRCRAFT WAS THE FIRST TO LAND IN JAPAN AFTER THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT FORMALLY SURRENDERED ON BOARD THE BATTLESHIP USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY ON SEPTEMBER 2, 1945. CONTINUED IN U.S. AIR FORCE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED. ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.