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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Alonzo D. Alexander

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Marrowbone, Kentucky

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

FIRST LIEUTENANT, NAVIGATOR, 319TH SQUADRON (ASTERPERIOUS), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, SERVED IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. MEMBER OF PHILIP KUHL CREW. HIS PLANE 'CROSAIR' WAS BORROWED FROM THE 310TH BOMB SQUADRON FOR A SINGLE PLANE RAID ON VUNAKANU AIRFIELD. RETURNING TO BASE AFTER MISSION, THE PLANE EXPERIENCED ENGINE PROBLEMS AND HAD TO BE DITCHED. HE SURVIVED THE CRASH.