World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Max J. Fowler
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Shelby County, North Carolina
Honored By
Lloyd Franklin Fowler
Relationship
Grandson
TRAINED TO BE A FIGHTER PILOT, BUT PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ORDERED TO TRAIN NO MORE FIGHTER PILOTS; THEREFORE, HE TRAINED TO FLY B-25 BOMBERS AS A CO-PILOT. THE NIGHT BEFORE HE WAS TO FLY HIS PLANE TO NEW GUINEA AND THEN TO OKINAWA, THE WAR ENDED.