World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Joseph M. Pease
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Pateros, Washington
Honored By
Romona Pease & LTC Charles T. Borg, USA-Ret.
ENTERED SERVICE AS A FLIGHT CADET IN MARCH 1943. ASSIGNED TO FLIGHT TRAINING DETACHMENT AT KANSAS STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE FOR GROUND SCHOOL STUDIES. SENT TO PILOT PRIMARY SCHOOL AT EL RENO, OKLAHOMA; FOLLOWED BY PILOT BASIC TRAINING IN BT-13 AT ARMY AIR FIELD AT GARDEN CITY, KANSAS. SENT TO EAGLE PASS, TEXAS FOR PILOT ADVANCED SCHOOL. RECEIVED PILOT WINGS AND COMMISSION TO LIEUTENANT ON JUNE 27, 1944. SELECTED FOR BOMBER PILOT TRAINING AND ORDERED TO LOWERY FIELD, COLORADO FOR CO-PILOT TRAINING IN B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER FOLLOWED BY B-24 COMMANDER TRAINING AT LIBERAL, KANSAS. ORDERED TO ELLINGTON FIELD, TEXAS TO BUILD HOURS IN MULTI ENGINE AIRCRAFT WHILE AWAITING AN OPENING TO B-29 TRANSITION SCHOOL IN EL PASO. THE WAR WITH JAPAN ENDED BEFORE TRANSITION SCHOOL. DISCHARGED ON OCTOBER 10, 1945. EARNED GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.