World War II Honoree

Sherman Monroe Pruett, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Prague, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN SEPTEMBER, 1942. SERVED AS A RADIO AND ELECTRONICS TECHNICIAN FOR P-47 'THUNDERBOLT' FIGHTER AIRCRAFT IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER. ASSIGNED TO THE 386TH FIGHTER SQUADRON, 365TH FIGHTER GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE. PARTICIPATED IN THE AIR OFFENSIVE-EUROPE, NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND, ARDENNES-ALSACE (BATTLE OF THE BULGE), AND CENTRAL EUROPE CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL WITH 1 SILVER AND 1 BRONZE SERVICE STARS (6 CAMPAIGNS), AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. AUTHORIZED THE PRESIDENTIAL (DISTINGUISHED) UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT. AWARDED THE FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE WITH PALM FOR ACTIONS BY HIS UNIT. ALSO AWARDED THE BELGIAN CROIX DE GUERRE FOR ACTIONS BY HIS UNIT. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.