World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Donald Richard Payne
Branch of Service
U.S. Army
Hometown
Mason City, Iowa
Honored By
Pearl Thomas
He was recruited to take and pass the Eddy Test as a means of participating in the elite Electronics Training Program. The ETP was said to be the best, most intense and difficult technical instruction program in the Armed Forces. During that time he worked on several high level classified projects.