World War II Honoree

Kenneth W. Northamer, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Fresno, California

Honored By

Grandson, Family & Friends

HE WAS STATIONED IN ALASKA AND FOUGHT IN THE ALEUTIAN CAMPAIGN AND BOMBED A JAPANESE WAR SHIP ALONG WITH PROVIDING SURVEILLANCE THROUGHOUT THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA. HE SURVIVED A PLANE CRASH IN THE OCEAN AND SWAM TO SHORE. HE AND THE CREW LIVED, BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONLY CREW MEMBER TO HAVE DRY MATCHES IN A WATER PROOF CONTAINER TO START A FIRE AND KEEP WARM AND DRY.