World War II Honoree

James Donnell Radley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Pawnee, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. TRAINED INITIALLY IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT FORT SILL AT LAWTON, OKLAHOMA. APPLIED AND WAS ACCEPTED FOR FLYING TRAINING. CONTINUED TRAINING AND SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT SHEPPARD FIELD AT WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE AT PULLMAN, WASHINGTON; SANTA ANA ARMY AIR BASE, CALIFORNIA; LAS VEGAS ARMY AIR FIELD, NEVADA; VICTORVILLE ARMY AIR FIELD, CALIFORNIA; MARCH FIELD AT RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA; GOWEN FIELD AT BOISE, IDAHO; AND AMARILLO ARMY AIR FIELD, TEXAS. UPON COMPLETION OF AIRCREW TRAINING, HE WAS AWARDED HIS SILVER WINGS AND APPOINTED A FLIGHT OFFICER. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945 WITH THE RANK OF FLIGHT OFFICER AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON. REENTERED U.S. AIR FORCE SERVICE AFTER THE WAR AND SERVED UNTIL AGAIN HONORABLY DISCHARGED.