World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
James Franklin Poore
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Butler County, Missouri
Honored By
Ken & Glenda Miller
Relationship
Friends
In 1943, he was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Forces. He was assigned into heavy bombardment group and spent time overseas on Tinian Island as an assistant crew chief on a B-29 aircraft. His plane made 29 strikes against the Japanese homeland before they surrendered.