World War II Honoree

Osmund R. Olson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Warroad, Minnesota

Honored By

Mildreth B. Olson and Kathleen L. Odau

Relationship

Wife & Cousin

ENTERED SERVICE FEBRUARY 1943. ATTENDED CAMP CROWDER, MISSOURI SIGNAL CORPS AND LAS VEGAS, NEVADA AERIAL GUNNERY SCHOOL. TAIL GUNNER ON A BOMBER. FLEW OUT OF ENGLAND FOR RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN CAMPAIGNS. AWARDED THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER MEDAL, AND GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED, 1945. SERVED BRAVELY AND WITH PRIDE.