World War II Honoree

Merrill E. Woolf

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Eaton, Ohio

Honored By

Arthur V. Leonard

Relationship

Friend

SERVICE FROM MARCH 1943 THROUGH JUNE 1945. PILOT TRAINING IN OKLAHOMA, CLASS 44A. B-24 AIRCRAFT COMBAT CREW TRAINING AT EL PASO, TEXAS. ASSIGNED TO INDIA, CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS, AS A B-24 CO-PILOT IN THE 9TH SQUADRON, 7TH GROUP, 10TH AIR FORCE. DELIVERED GASOLINE TO THE 14TH AIRFORCE IN CHINA DURING THE MONSOON WHEN BOMBING WAS NOT POSSIBLE. THEN BOMBING TARGETS IN BURMA AND WHAT IS NOW THAILAND. TARGETS WERE BRIDGES ON THE RAILROAD BUILT BY THE JAPANESE FROM BANGKOK TO NORTHERN BURMA, INCLUDING THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL WITH 2 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, AND THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS.