World War II Honoree

Jack Duane Dahlgren

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

SERVED INITIALLY IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AT FORT LEONARD WOOD AT ROLLA, MISOURI WITH THE ANTI-TANK COMPANY, 291ST INFANTRY REGIMENT, 75TH INFANTRY 'BULGE BUSTERS' DIVISION. APPLIED, AND WAS SELECTED FOR AIRCREW TRAINING IN THE AVIATION CADET PROGRAM AS A PILOT. UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A BASIC MILITARY COURSE, PREFLIGHT NON-FLYING CIVILIAN SCHOOLING, PRIMARY, BASIC, AND ADVANCED FLYING SCHOOLS, HE GRADUATED FROM FLIGHT SCHOOL AT WILLIAMS FIELD IN CHANDLER, ARIZONA. HE WAS EARMARKED FOR FOLLOW-ON FIGHTER AIRCRAFT TRAINING, AWARDED HIS SILVER PILOT WINGS AND COMMISSIONED A SECOND LIEUTENANT. NEXT, ASSIGNED FOR TRANSITION FLYING TRAINING IN THE AIRCRAFT HE WOULD FLY IN COMBAT. HE SERVED AS A FIGHTER PILOT FOR P-38 'LIGHTNING' AND P-47 'THUNDERBOLT' AIRCRAFT. AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON OCTOBER 12, 1945, AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.