World War II Honoree

Max L. Owens

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Hartford City, Indiana

Honored By

Michael K. Flowers

Relationship

Nephew

HE ENLISTED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES AT HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA ON DECEMBER 13, 1941. HE TOOK BASIC TRAINING AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI AND THEN WAS ASSIGNED TO CHANUTE FIELD, ILLINOIS FOR SPECIALTY TRAINING. WHILE STATIONED AT CHANUTE FIELD, HE QUALIFIED AS AN AVIATION CADET AND BECAME A BOMBARDIER INSTRUCTOR. LATER IN THE WAR HE WAS ASSIGNED TO FT. ORD, CALIFORNIA AND WAS AWAITING ORDERS THERE FOR THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS WHEN THE WAR ENDED WITH THE JAPANESE SURRENDER.