World War II Honoree

William Warren Henderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Naples, Texas

Honored By

American Legion Post 92 & Douglas M. Alford, USN

Relationship

Friend

HE WAS A STUDENT AT A BUSINESS COLLEGE; COMPLETED HIS WORK AND GOT DEFERMENTS UNTIL MAY 5, 1942. HE WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY AIR CORPS AT CAMP WOLTERS NEAR MINERAL WELLS, TEXAS. AFTER INDUCTION HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO SHEPHERD FIELD FOR TRAINING IN AIRCRAFT MECHANICS AND AIRCRAFT AND ENGINE MAINTENANCE. DUE TO HIS CIVILIAN OCCUPATION AT A BANK HE WAS PLACED IN THE RECORDS DEPARTMENT WHERE HE EXCELLED. HIS ENTIRE CAREER WAS STATESIDE. HE WAS ASSIGNED TO AN AIRDROME SQUADRON. THIS WAS A UNIT THAT PREPARED SQUADRONS IN COMPLETE DETAIL PRIOR TO THEIR GOING INTO COMBAT. HE EXCELLED IN THIS UNIT. HE WAS ASSIGNED DUTY STATIONS ALL OVER THE UNITED STATES; MOST POSITIONS WERE WELL ABOVE HIS RATING. MANY ADVANCEMENT IN RATINGS WERE COMPLETED FOR HIM TO STAY IN THOSE BILLETS. HE SERVED THREE YEARS, SEVEN MONTHS AND TWENTY-NINE DAYS AND WAS RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY ON DECEMBER 3, 1945. HE WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS SERVICE TO THE COUNTRY.