World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Jack Largue Clark
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Pensacola, Florida
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN MAY, 1943. SERVED AS A B-25 'MITCHELL' BOMBER TAIL GUNNER OVERSEAS IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, IN THE CHINA-BURMA-INDIA (CBI) THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ASSIGNED TO THE 490TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (MEDIUM), 341ST BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 10TH AIR FORCE. HIS SQUADRON WAS NICKNAMED THE 'BURMA BRIDGE BUSTERS.' AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN JANUARY, 1946 AS A SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.