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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Alan J. Armstrong

Branch of Service

U.S. Marine Corps

Hometown

Garland, Nebraska

Honored By

Pearl Thomas

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Served as Flight Instructor in Pensacola, Florida from 1941 to 1943. He served in the VMA-223, a U.S. Marine Corps fixed wing attack squadron from November 1943 to June 1944. Flew 58 missions over Vella La Vella, Bougainville and Green Island. In a combat mission from Green Island in May 1944, on which he flew cover over Rabaul, New Britain, in support of a B-25 bombing attack and strafing of targets on Duke of York Island, his wing man was Charles A. Lindbergh.