World War II Honoree

Clifford Rogers Henry

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Sparta, Tennessee

Honored By

Martha Henry Dyer

Relationship

Daugher

SERVED OCTOBER 15, 1942 TO OCTOBER 13, 1945 AS AN AERIAL ENGINEER ON C-47 AND C-46 AIRCRAFT. SERVED WITH IX TROOP CARRIER COMMAND, ASSIGNED TO 48TH TROOP CARRIER SQUADRON. BATTLE AND CAMPAIGNS: NAPLES-FOGGIA, ROME-ARNO, NORMANDY, NORTHERN FRANCE, RHINELAND AND CENTRAL EUROPE. RECEIVED U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE AERIAL ENGINEER WINGS, AND AIR MEDAL WITH 1 OAK LEAF CLUSTER, AWARDED FOR OPERATION NEPTUNE IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE NORMANDY INVASION. PARTICIPATED IN GLIDER PULLS AND UTILITY AIR DROPS ACROSS THE RHINE RIVER, MARCH 24, 1945 FOR THE FIRST PHASE OF CENTRAL EUROPE'S OPERATION VARSITY. ALSO RECEIVED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER MEDAL WITH 6 BRONZE SERVICE STARS, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, AND DISTINGUISHED UNIT BADGE WITH 1 OAK LEAF CLUSTER. SERIAL NUMBER 13 118737.