World War II Honoree

Clarence Nixon

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Pawnee County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE 93RD BOMBARDMENT GROUP (HEAVY), 8TH AIR FORCE, STATIONED AT RAF HARDWICK IN NORFOLK, ENGLAND DURING THE WAR. THE B-24 ‘LIBERATOR’ HEAVY BOMBERS OF HIS GROUP CONCENTRATED ON BOMBARDMENT OF STRATEGIC TARGETS SUCH AS MARSHALLING YARDS, AIRCRAFT FACTORIES, OIL REFINERIES, CHEMICAL PLANTS AND CITIES IN GERMANY. IN ADDITION IT BOMBED GUN EMPLACEMENTS, CHOKE POINTS, AND BRIDGES NEAR CHERBOURG, FRANCE DURING THE NORMANDY INVASION IN JUNE, 1944. IT ATTACKED TROOP CONCENTRATIONS IN NORTHERN FRANCE DURING THE SAINT-LO BREAKTHROUGH IN JULY, 1944; TRANSPORTED ALL CLASSES OF SUPPLIES TO THE ALLIES ADVANCING ACROSS FRANCE IN AUGUST-SEPTEMBER, 1944; DROPPED SUPPLIES TO AIRBORNE TROOPS IN THE NETHERLANDS ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1944; STRUCK ENEMY TRANSPORTATION AND OTHER TARGETS DURING THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE IN DECEMBER, 1944 AND JANUARY, 1945; AND FLEW TWO MISSIONS ON MARCH 24, 1945 DURING THE AIRBORNE ASSAULT ACROSS THE RHINE, DROPPING SUPPLIES TO TROOPS NEAR WESEL, GERMANY AND BOMBING A NIGHT-FIGHTER BASE AT STORMEDE, GERMANY. HIS GROUP CEASED COMBAT OPERATIONS IN APRIL, 1945. AWARDED THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1946 AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.