World War II Honoree

John P. Moran

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Franklin, Pennsylvania

COLLEGE TRAINING DETACHMENT; CLASSIFICATION: PRE-FLIGHT, AERIAL GUNNERY SCHOOL, BOMBARDIER SCHOOL, PILOTAGE AND DEAD RECKONING NAVIGATION, CREW TRAINING AS A BOMBARDIER ON A B-17 AIRCRAFT IN U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES. SERVED AS A 2ND LIEUTENANT BOMBARDIER IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS IN 1945, RETURNED TO THE U.S. WITH CREW SCHEDULED TO GO TO THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. THE CREW WAS BROKEN UP AFTER THE ATOMIC BOMBINGS OF HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI, JAPAN. DISCHARGED INTO THE RESERVES AND RETIRED AS A MAJOR.