World War II Honoree

Edward Aljian

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Jersey City, New Jersey

Honored By

Grateful American

FLEW MANY MISSIONS IN THE PACIFIC UNDER THE COMMAND OF COLONEL TIBBITS, FLYING B-29 AIRCRAFT, AND WAS PART OF THE COVERT MISSION TO END THE WAR WITH JAPAN. HE WAS INVOLVED IN MANY TYPES OF COMBAT OUTFITS UNTIL HE PUNCTURED HIS EARDRUM WHILE FLYING. LATER, HIS MISSION WAS TO TRAVEL THE ISLANDS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC, REPAIRING AND MAINTAINING DIESEL ENGINES OF POWER PLANTS ON MILITARY BASES.