World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Arkell Mitchell
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Louisville, Illinois
Honored By
Robert Medley Gatewood
ENLISTED IN THE AIR CORPS AND ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE ON SEPTEMBER 21, 1943 AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI. COMPLETED BASIC TRAINING, ATTENDED AIRPLANE MECHANIC AND P-39 MAINTENANCE SERVICE SCHOOL, AND QUALIFIED IN THE MILITARY OCCUPATIONAL SPECIALTY OF AIRPLANE CREW CHIEF (750). DEPARTED THE CONTINENTAL U.S ON DECEMBER 31, 1944 BOUND FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. SERVED WITH UNKNOWN UNIT UNTIL RETURN TO THE U.S. ON APRIL 8, 1945. REASSIGNED TO SQUADRON A, 3502ND ARMY AIR FORCE BASE UNIT (TECHNICAL SCHOOL), CHANUTE FIELD, RANTOUL, ILLINOIS. EARNED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AS A SERGEANT ON MARCH 11, 1946 AT THE SEPARATION CENTER, FORT SHERIDAN, ILLINOIS.