World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Riley G. Montgomery
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Fairview, Missouri
Relationship
Self
TOOK BASIC TRAINING IN JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI AND THEN SHIPPED TO FORT LOGAN, COLORADO FOR ADMINISTRATION SCHOOL. ASSIGNED FOR DUTY TO THE 375TH BOMBER SQUADRON IN WENDOVER, UTAH. SPENT TIME IN PUEBLO, COLORADO IN ADMINISTRATION, THEN UNIT WAS SHIPPED TO CALCUTTA, INDIA BY WAY OF AUSTRALIA. SPENT MOST OF TOUR IN INDIA AND CHINA. EVENTUALLY ENDED UP LOADING OUT B-24 BOMBERS FOR KUMNING, CHINA WHICH WAS THE HEADQUARTERS FOR 14TH AIR FORCE. DISCHARGED IN 1945.