World War II Honoree

Edwin Leo Feist

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Flint, Michigan

Honored By

Dawn Feist

Relationship

Daughter

CAPTAINED A B-25 BOMBER AND COMPLETED 37 MISSIONS IN THE PACIFIC. HE SUCESSFULLY LANDED HIS DISABLED BOMBER IN THE OCEAN AFTER A BATTLE SUFFERING A BROKEN BACK AND HAND IN THE PROCESS. HE AND HIS 6 MAN CREW TOOK TURNS IN THE FOUR MAN RAFT (FOUR IN THE RAFT, TWO IN THE WATER HANGING ONTO THE RAFT) UNTIL THEY WERE RESCUED JUST OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN.