World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Jerome Ackerman
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Detroit, Michigan
Honored By
Robert S. Cox
LEFT HIS UNIVERSITY STUDIES TO WORK IN A NAVAL ORDNANCE PLANT. THEN, ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE WITH THE ARMY AIR FORCES AND SERVED AS A CONTROL TOWER OPERATOR IN GERMANY. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.