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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Donald D. Almond

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Turner County, South Dakota

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

FIRST LIEUTENANT, PILOT, B-24 LIBERATOR, 400TH SQUADRON (BLACK PIRATES), 90TH BOMB GROUP 'JOLLY ROGERS', 5TH AIR FORCE, SERVING IN THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ON MAY 19, 1943, HE TOOK OFF FROM PORT MORESBY ON A RECONNAISSANCE MISSION ALONG THE EAST COAST OF NEW GUINEA. AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER A RADIO MESSAGE WAS SENT SAYING THE PLANE WAS UNDER ATTACK BY JAPANESE FIGHTERS. ONE FIGHTER RAMMED THE B-24, A FEW MINUTES LATER THE PLANE WENT DOWN NEAR KARKAR ISLAND. AWARDED: AIR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART.