World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
James Reece Wilson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Waterloo, Iowa
Honored By
Grandson and Family
FLEW 14 BOMBING MISSIONS OVER GERMANY AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER AND TOP TURRET GUNNER. HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER HOLLAND ON MAY 7, 1944. PARACHUTED FROM THE BURNING PLANE AND WAS RESCUED BY MEMBERS OF THE DUTCH UNDERGROUND, WHO KEPT HIM ALIVE FOR A YEAR.