World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Charles Ronald Price
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Garden City, Kansas
Honored By
An Indebted American
WON HIS WINGS AS A B-25 BOMBER PILOT AT TUSKEGEE ARMY AIR FIELD IN ALABAMA. PARTICIPATED IN THE 'TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENT' THAT TRAINED BLACK PILOTS FOR COMBAT. SERVED TWO AND A HALF YEARS. COMMISSIONED OCTOBER 16, 1945. TRAINED TO JOIN THE 477TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP HEADED BY COLONEL BENJAMIN O. DAVIS, JR. DISCHARGED FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN 1946.