World War II Honoree

Samuel Turner Moore III, M.D.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

GRADUATED FROM THE OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, AND COMPLETED RESIDENCIES IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AND CLEVELAND, OHIO. ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1942, AND SERVED AS A FLIGHT SURGEON WITH THE ARMY AIR FORCES. SERVED IN THE AMERICAN THEATER AND THEN OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER, IN THE NORTH AFRICAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (NATOUSA), MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (MTOUSA), AND EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS (ETO). HE SERVED OVERSEAS SOME 27 MONTHS, INCLUDING IN NORTH AFRICA, EUROPE AND ASIA. AWARDED HIS SILVER FLIGHT SURGEON WINGS, THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN 1945, WITH THE RANK OF CAPTAIN AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.