World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Randall Keith Acord
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Clarendon, Texas
Honored By
John Peterson
ON AUGUST 18, 1941, HE ENLISTED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AIR CORPS IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS. IN 1943, HE WAS A YOUNG TEST PILOT STATIONED AT LADD FIELD, AN ARMY POST IN FAIRBANKS. HE FLEW PLANES WITH THE COLD WEATHER TESTING STATION AND EXPERIMENTED WITH HEATING SYSTEMS AND LANDING PLANES WITH SKIS. HE LEFT THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE WITH THE RANK OF MAJOR. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE WAS AWARDED THE ALASKA-SIBERIA LEND LEASE AWARD FOR HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO RUSSIAN-NORTH AMERICAN RELATIONS DURING WWII.