World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Virgil Eugene Gaede
Branch of Service
U.S. Navy
Hometown
Newton, Kansas
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL IN 1943. ATTENDED COLLEGE AS PART OF HIS NAVY OFFICER TRAINING PROGRAM. SELECTED FOR NAVY FLIGHT TRAINING WHERE HE FLEW STEARMAN N2S-4 PRIMARY TRAINER BIPLANES AND DOUGLAS SBD 'DAUNTLESS' DIVE BOMBERS. AWARDED HIS GOLD NAVAL AVIATOR WINGS IN 1946, AT THE END OF HOSTILITIES. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF LIEUTENANT JUNIOR GRADE, AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND ISSUED THE WWII HONORABLE DISCHARGE LAPEL PIN. CONTINUED IN U.S. NAVAL RESERVE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR UNTIL HONORABLY DISCHARGED.