World War II Honoree

Frank Edward Mills

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Norwalk, Connecticut

Honored By

David Kent Mills & Family

Relationship

Grandson

STAFF SERGEANT, DRAFTED AND INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY AIR FORCES ON THE 4TH OF MARCH 1943 IN NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT. GRADUATING FROM FLEXIBLE GUNNERY SCHOOL AS AN AIRPLANE ARMORED GUNNER, FROM BUCKINGHAM ARMY AIR BASE IN FORT MYERS, FLORIDA ON 16 DECEMBER 1944 WITH THE RANK OF CORPORAL. INITIALLY TEACHING CAMOUFLAGE TECHNIQUES FOR A PERIOD OF TIME DUE TO HIS CIVILIAN OCCUPATION AS A LANDSCAPER, HE OBTAINED THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT, AND WAS LATER ASSIGNED TO THE 314TH BOMB WING, 29TH BOMB GROUP, 52ND BOMB SQUADRON, AS AN AERIAL GUNNER, WHERE HE PARTICIPATED IN THE AIR OFFENSIVE OF JAPAN CAMPAIGN, FLYING 9 COMBAT SORTIES BOMBING TARGETS IN: HIRATSUKA, OKAZAKI, HANDA, OGAKI, MITO, FUKAE, KUMAGAYA, AND TWO AGAINST THE CAPITOL CITY OF TOKYO ITSELF. HE WAS LATER DISCHARGED FROM FORT DEVENS MASSACHUSETTS ON 4 JANUARY 1946. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, ARMY GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL.