World War II Honoree

Clarence Graff

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Wisconsin

Honored By

MSgt Russell Rulau

Relationship

Comrade

SERVED IN PACIFIC THEATER AS A C-47 PILOT AS WELL AS A FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR ON SEVERAL AIRCRAFT TYPES. FERRIED LUMINARIES SUCH AS GENERAL DOUGLAS MACARTHUR, BOB HOPE AND ACTRESSES OF THE DAY TO VARIOUS ISLANDS AS A C-47 PILOT. FLEW GENERAL MACARTHUR ON AUG. 30, 1945 FROM OKINAWA TO ATSUGI AIRFIELD SOUTH OF TOKYO, WHERE MACARTHUR TOOK THE SALUTE OF COMBAT ELEMENTS OF THE 11TH AIRBORNE DIVISION. THEN TRAVELED TO TOKYO WHERE MACARTHUR RECEIVED JAPAN'S SURRENDER, SEPTEMBER 1ST, ABOARD THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI.