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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Richard Ray Pilon

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Flint, Michigan

Honored By

Self

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

ENLISTED ARMY AIR FORCE RESERVE IN SENIOR YEAR HIGH SCHOOL, 1944. CALLED UP IN JULY 1945. BASIC AT KEESLER FIELD BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI. AFTER BASIC, SENT TO BUCKLEY AIR FIELD, DENVER, COLORADO FOR MILITARY POLICE TRAINING. RE-ENLISTED DECEMBER 1945 FOR THREE YEARS WITH A B-29 GROUP TO BE STATIONED IN GERMANY. AT DEMING AIRFIELD, CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO, WAS ASSIGNED TO BASE SUPPLY. AFTER THREE MONTHS, THEY DISBANDED THE GROUP. HE WAS SENT TO BOLLING AIR FIELD WASHINGTON, D.C. IN FEBRUARY 1946. CONTINUED HIS SERVICE AFTER WWII.