World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Francis Edwin Peebles
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Lee County, South Carolina
Honored By
James O. Sweeny
Relationship
Classmate
HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS ON MAY 18, 1942. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 8TH AIR FORCE AND SERVED IN ENGLAND IN A HEADQUARTERS OPERATION THROUGHOUT THE WAR IN EUROPE. HE RETURNED TO THE STATES AND WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED FROM ACTIVE DUTY AS A MASTER SERGEANT IN LATE 1945.