World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Thomas Howard Dacus
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Quinton, Oklahoma
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE ON JULY 29, 1943. APPLIED FOR AND WAS SELECTED FOR THE AVIATION CADET PROGRAM. COMPLETED PILOT TRAINING, WAS AWARDED HIS SILVER PILOT WINGS AND WAS COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT. SERVED AS A B-17 'FLYING FORTRESS' HEAVY BOMBER PILOT OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, STATIONED IN ENGLAND. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON OCTOBER 14, 1945 WITH THE RANK OF FIRST LIEUTENANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.