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World War II Honoree

Civilian on the Home Front

Frances Helen Bynum Gienau

Hometown

Bartow, Florida

Honored By

Bartow Chapter DAR

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

At the age of 16, she spotted for enemy planes atop the roof of Polk County's courthouse in Bartow, Florida as part of the U.S. Army Air Forces Aircraft Warning Service. She and a friend worked two-hour shifts after school. This activity was shut down in May 1944 when the War Department determined the Aircraft Warning Service was no longer needed because the war was being fought overseas.