World War II Honoree

John Joseph O'Connor

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Georgetown, District Of Columbia

Honored By

John Peterson

HIS WAR-TIME MILITARY CAREER WAS MARKED BY RAPID PROMOTION TO MAJOR AS HE SPENT SEVERAL YEARS IN THE JUNGLES OF BURMA WITH MERRILL'S MARAUDERS, WHICH WAS A UNITED STATES ARMY LONG RANGE PENETRATION SPECIAL OPERATIONS UNIT IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN THEATER OF WWII WHICH FOUGHT IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE EVENTUALLY MADE HIS WAY INTO SOUTHERN CHINA TO TRAIN AND SUPPLY THE CHINESE ARMY FIGHTING THE JAPANESE.