World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Henry Clay Conner, Jr.
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Indiana
Honored By
SigEp Patriots Project
In February 1941, He enlisted in the Army Air Forces hoping to become a pilot, but color blindness prevented that. Instead, he went to radio school, and was commissioned in October 1941. He landed in Manila with a bomber group as Communications Officer on Thanksgiving that same year. He was on Bataan, Luzon Island, Philippines when it fell 09 April 1942. He evaded capture and eventually organized a guerrilla force in the mountains west of Clark Field, Where they resisted for 2 1/2 years. The information his group gathered was sent by submarine to American authorities and used in retaking the island in 1945. he was discharged in April 1946.