World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Jabez W. Almon
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Seminole, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
SERVED IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER WITH THE 509TH COMPOSITE GROUP, 20TH AIR FORCE. STATIONED AT NORTH FIELD ON TINIAN IN THE MARIANA ISLANDS. HIS GROUP WAS THE B-29 'SUPERFORTRESS' BOMBER FORCE THAT CONDUCTED THE ATOMIC BOMB MISSIONS AGAINST JAPAN. ONE B-29 FROM HIS GROUP DROPPED THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB ON HIROSHIMA, JAPAN ON AUGUST 6, 1945; ANOTHER B-29 DROPPED THE SECOND BOMB ON NAGASAKI, JAPAN ON AUGUST 9, 1945. THESE BOMBS WERE THE FIRST ATOMIC WEAPONS EVER EMPLOYED AND QUICKLY BROUGHT WWII TO A CLOSE. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.