World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Elmo Walter Alexander
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Parker, Kansas
Honored By
Sam E. Pennartz
Graduated with the Class of 1937 Parker Rural High School at Parker, Linn County, Kansas. Graduated with the Class of 1940 at Kansas State Teachers College of Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas. Enlisted as an Aviation Cadet in the Army Air Corps on 15 August 1941 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Airplane Command Pilot, B-29 Superfortress serial #42-24744, tail code Z-Square-2, nicknamed 20th Century Limited, 881st Bomb Squadron, 500th Bombardment Group (VH), 73rd Bomb Wing, XXI Bomber Command, 20th Air Force, at Isley Field on Saipan in the Mariana Islands; Pacific Theatre of Operations.