World War II Honoree

Arthur P. O'Hara Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Teaneck, New Jersey

Honored By

Son and Family

HE WAS A B-29 PILOT BASED ON THE ISLAND OF TINIAN IN THE PACIFIC THEATRE OF OPERATIONS. ON HIS 17TH BOMBING MISSION HE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER YOKOHAMA ON MAY 29, 1945. HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE AND WAS IMPRISONED IN THE TOKYO KEMPEI STABLES. WAS EVENTUALLY LIBERATED BY THE U.S. NAVY ON AUGUST 29, 1945 FROM OMORI PRISON CAMP. HE RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES AND WAS AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATRE RIBBON AND THE PURPLE HEART.