World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
William E. Gordon
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Patterson, New Jersey
Honored By
Henry J. Zasowski, Jr.
HE SERVED IN THE ARMY AIR CORPS, RISING FROM PRIVATE TO CAPTAIN, FROM 1941 TO 1945, STUDYING AND TEACHING METEOROLOGY AT NEW YORK UNIVERSITY AND EXPERIMENTING WITH RADAR COVERAGE UNDER CONDITIONS OF MIRAGE AND LOOMING.