World War II Honoree

Dwight Williams

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Bountiful, Utah

Honored By

A Grateful American

SERVED AS A PILOT AND FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR AND SERVED IN NORTH AFRICA WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN THE LIBERATION OF SICILY AND THE INVASION OF THE ITALIAN MAINLAND AS COMMANDER OF A U.S. SQUADRON EQUIPPED WITH BRITISH MADE SPITFIRE FIGHTER AIRCRAFT. IN AUGUST 1943 HE WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED IN COMBAT WITH THE GERMAN LUFTWAFFE OVER THE STRAITS OF MESSINA.