World War II Honoree

John C. Andress

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Madison, Indiana

Honored By

Rebecca C. Andress

Relationship

Spouse

MASTER SERGEANT. SERVED FROM 1941 TO OCTOBER 1945 IN 369TH SQUADRON, 306TH BOMB GROUP H. ENLISTED IN PEORIA, ILLINOIS. BASIC TRAINING IN ST. LOUIS, JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI, THEN TO CHANUTE FIELD, ILLINOIS; PENDLETON AIR BASE, OREGON; DAVIS MONATHAN AIR BASE IN ARIZONA, AND WENDOVER AIR BASE, UTAH. WAS THEN SENT TO WESTOVER AIR BASE, MASSACHUSETTS; FORT DIX, NEW JERSEY AND THURLEIGH AIR BASE, ENGLAND. SENT TO PRESTWICK, SCOTLAND; CASABLANCA, AFRICA; CAIRO, EGYPT AND TEHRAN, IRAN. WAS IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ AND THEN WENT TO TEL AVIV. THEN TO RUSSIA TO POLTOVA AIR BASE AND BACK TO CAIRO. WAS THEN SENT BACK TO ENGLAND. SERVED WITH THE EASTERN COMMAND IN RUSSIA. ITALY SURRENDERED IN 1944 WHILE HE WAS IN RUSSIA. WENT OUT BY TRAIN TO IRAQ. WAS BY THE BLACK SEA; TO TURKEY, IRAQ AND THEN TEL AVIV. RETURNED TO CLARK AIR BASE IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, THEN TO SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA. WAS THERE FOR 6 WEEKS AND SHIPPED TO AMARILLO, TEXAS. MUSTERED OUT OF THE SERVICE IN OCTOBER 1945.