World War II Honoree

Buford F. Gibbons

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

El Dorado, Arkansas

Honored By

Betty

Relationship

Wife

TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT SIOUX FALLS, SOUTH DAKOTA. ATTENDED RADIO SCHOOL AND ASSIGNED AS AN INSTRUCTOR AT THE SAME BASE. SENT TO FOGGIA AIR FORCE BASE, ITALY AND SERVED AS FLIGHT CHIEF OF OXYGEN GENERATORS FOR B-17 BOMBERS. SENT TO SPOKANE, WASHINGTON AND WAS PROCESSING FOR SHIPMENT TO PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS WHEN HOSTILITIES ENDED WAR.