World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Ralph N. Wolf
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Winter Haven, Florida
Honored By
A Grateful American
SERGEANT, RADIO OPERATOR, B-24 LIBERATOR 'COWTOWN'S REVENGE', 321ST SQUADRON (BOMBS AWAY), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. MEMBER OF WALTER HIGGINS CREW. RETURNING FROM A BOMBING MISSION AGAINST JAPANESE CONVOY NEAR NEW BRITAIN, JANUARY 6, 1943, HIS PLANE WAS ATTACKED BY ENEMY FIGHTERS. DUE TO THE DAMAGE, THEY HAD TO DITCH THE PLANE WEST OF KAWA ISLAND.