World War II Honoree

Joseph W. Wohleb

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Olympia, Washington

Honored By

Lester D. Bergman, Copilot

SERVED AS A B-17 ‘FLYING FORTRESS’ BOMBER WAIST GUNNER IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE 8TH AIR FORCE ‘MIGHTY EIGHTH’, 94TH BOMB GROUP, 331ST BOMB SQUADRON, STATIONED AT ROUGHAM FIELD, BURY ST. EDMUNDS, ENGLAND, UNITED STATES ARMY AIR FORCE STATION 468. CAMPAIGNS AND AIR BATTLES: AIR OFFENSIVE EUROPE: NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE AND CENTRAL EUROPE. DECORATIONS: HIS UNIT WAS AWARDED TWO DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATIONS FOR THE REGENSBURG RAID AUGUST 17, 1943 AND THE BRUNSWICK RAID JANUARY 11, 1944.