World War II Honoree

John B. Myers

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Pawnee, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENLISTED IN MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. TRAINED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT SHEPPARD FIELD AT WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS; MCDILL FIELD AT TAMPA, FLORIDA; AND KELLOGG FIELD AT BATTLE CREEK, MICHIGAN. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE 9TH AIR FORCE DURING THE WAR, INCLUDING IN ENGLAND, AND FRANCE IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO). HIS UNIT WAS INITIALLY BASED IN ENGLAND AS PART OF THE TACTICAL FORCE OF THE 9TH AIR FORCE WITH AN AREA OF OPERATIONS INCLUDING THE OCCUPIED COUNTRIES OF FRANCE, HOLLAND AND BELGIUM. AWARDED THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. AUTHORIZED THE PRESIDENTIAL (DISTINGUISHED) UNIT CITATION FOR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN ACTION BY HIS UNIT IN COMBAT. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.