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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John W. Fritz, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Southmont, Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS. HE GRADUATED FROM OFFICER CANDIDATE SCHOOL IN BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA, IN MAY 1944 AND SERVED AS A SECOND AND FIRST LIEUTENANT AND AS A CAPTAIN IN NEW GUINEA, OWI ISLAND, THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, OKINAWA AND JAPAN, RETURNING TO THE U.S. IN NOVEMBER 1945.