World War II Honoree

Don Rodman Nash

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Chickasha, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ATTENDED TEXAS AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE AT COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS PRIOR TO ENTERING MILITARY SERVICE. SELECTED FOR THE AVIATION CADET PROGRAM, TRAINED AS A NAVIGATOR AND UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION, AWARDED HIS SILVER NAVIGATOR WINGS AND COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS A NAVIGATOR ON B-17 'FLYING FORTRESS' BOMBER AIRCRAFT IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER. FLEW MULTIPLE COMBAT MISSIONS OVER EUROPE. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.