World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Wilmer L. McLaughlin
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Elkhart, Indiana
Honored By
Ruth McLaughlin
Relationship
Wife
HE WAS INDUCTED IN JANUARY 1943. FOLLOWING BASIC TRAINING HE WAS SENT TO CRYPTOGRAPHY SCHOOL IN PAWLING, NEW YORK. FOLLOWING THAT TRAINING HE SPENT THE WINTER OF 1943-1944 AT AN RAE BASE IN ICELAND AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO LONDON JUST BEFORE D-DAY. HE SPENT THE REST OF THE WAR THERE AND RETURNED HOME IN DECEMBER OF 1945.