World War II Honoree

Don Reasonover Cooper

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Chattanooga, Tennessee

Honored By

Family

Relationship

Son

AIRCRAFT MECHANIC SCHOOL KEESLAR FIELD (BILOXI, MISSISSIPPI) AND WILLOW RUN IN MICHIGAN. STATIONED: FIRST IN PRATT FIELD (PRATT, KANSAS) AND ASSIGNED TO THE 40TH BOB GROUP, 395TH SQUADRON THEN IN 1944 INDIA CHAKULIA BASE FLYING TO AND FROM HSINCHING FIELD IN CHINA. WHILE IN INDIA THE 395TH SQUADRON WAS DISBANDED AND HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 44TH SQUADRON. THE SENT TO TINIAN FROM EARLY 1945 UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. RANK: WHILE IN INDIA ADVANCED FROM CORPORAL TO STAFF SARGEANT. WAS STAFF SARGEANT WHEN DISCHARGED IN NOVEMBER 1945.