World War II Honoree

Wanace Eugene Witten

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

JOINED THE AVIATION CADETS WHILE A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL. ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE DURING THE WAR, TRAINED AS A B-25 'MITCHELL' BOMBER PILOT AT THE AAF SOUTHEAST TRAINING CENTER AT NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, AND WAS AWARDED SILVER PILOT WINGS. HE WAS EN ROUTE OVERSEAS TO OKINAWA, JAPAN WHEN THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT ACCEPTED THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER TERMS AND HOSTILITIES ENDED. SERVED BRIEFLY IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1945, WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.