World War II Honoree

John Craig Cartmill

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE, APPLIED, AND WAS SELECTED FOR THE MILITARY GLIDER PROGRAM. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF PILOT TRAINING AT LUBBOCK ARMY AIR FIELD IN TEXAS IN 1942, AWARDED HIS SILVER GLIDER PILOT WINGS. SERVED OVERSEAS AS A GLIDER PILOT IN THE ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER DURING THE WAR. STATIONED ON BIAK ISLAND OFF THE NORTHWEST COAST OF THE TERRITORY OF PAPUA, HE FLEW FOR SEVERAL MONTHS DELIVERING SUPPLIES. HE WAS INJURED IN THE CRASH OF HIS AIRCRAFT AND SPENT THE LATTER PART OF THE WAR ON GROUND DUTY. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, ASIATIC-PACIFIC CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.