World War II Honoree

Roy Julian Wagner

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Yukon, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

RECEIVED HIS CIVILIAN FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR RATING AND TAUGHT FLYING TRAINING AT CIMARRON FIELD, OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA. JOINED THE ARMY AIR FORCES AND SERVED AS A B-24 'LIBERATOR' BOMBER PILOT IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS DURING THE WAR. ROUTINELY FLEW OVER 'THE HUMP', THE AIRLIFT SUPPLY ROUTE OVER THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA. FLEW FROM AND TO CRUDE AIRFIELDS IN TREACHEROUS WEATHER AT ALTITUDES THAT STRAINED THE LIMITS OF THE AIRCRAFT. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.