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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

John W. Gordon

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

Michael Lynett

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Attended Salisbury Preparatory School in Connecticut and traded in his train ticket to Yale to enlist in the Canadian Infantry in 1940. When America joined WWII, he was transferred to the United States Army Air Forces where he served as a navigator on C-47 planes flying 'The Hump' over the Himalayan Mountains in Burma. He earned a United States Air Medal and a Distinguished Flying Cross.