World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Jack 'Volodymyr Palahniuk' Palance
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Lattimer Mines, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Henry J. Zasowski, Jr.
BOMBER PILOT IN EUROPEAN THEATER OPERATIONS DURING WWII. HIS FACE WAS DISFIGURED WHEN HE BAILED OUT OF A BURNING B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBER ON A TRAINING FLIGHT OVER SOUTHERN ARIZONA. AFTER MUCH CONSTRICTIVE SURGERY HE WAS DISCHARGED IN 1941.