World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Mack Wheeler Pittard, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Duluth, Georgia
Honored By
Penny Pittard Maroldo
Relationship
Daughter
SERGEANT, SERVED AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER IN THE AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND. FERRIED PLANES FROM U.S. OVERSEAS TO EUROPE AND PACIFIC AT BEGINNING OF WAR. FLEW THE HUMP IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS TOWARD END OF WAR. PICKED UP U.S. PRISONERS OF WAR FROM JAPAN AT END OF WAR.