World War II Honoree

Gerald F. Grace

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Valentine, Nebraska

Honored By

Jerilyn Grace Morris

Relationship

Daughter

ENTERED INTO ACTIVE SERVICE ON MARCH 2, 1943. AFTER BASIC TRAINING, HE RECEIVED FURTHER TRAINING IN THE PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM AT THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES TECHNICAL SCHOOL AT LOWRY FIELD, COLORADO. RECEIVED HIS ORDERS TO GO OVERSEAS TO THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS IN MARCH OF 1944. HE EVENTUALLY WAS STATIONED IN BALLY, A FORMER BRITISH SEA PLANE BASE ALONG THE HOOGHLY RIVER NORTH OF CALCUTTA. ASSIGNED TO THE PRINT LAB OF THE 7TH PHOTO TECH SQUADRON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, HE WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO AN AREA WHERE HE TOOK PORTRAITS FOR PHOTO IDENTIFICATION. RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI, ON JANUARY 14, 1946.