World War II Honoree

Donald Jackson Eyer, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Nanticoke, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Marguerite Chelette, Helen Abdelnour, Donald Jackson Eyer, III, Jane Miller

Relationship

Children

He served in the India-Burma and Central Burma Campaigns. He flew single-engine, unarmed planes over "the hump" and had hundreds of hours of combat flight in conditions that were dangerous and difficult. He received the Asiatic-Pacific Medal with two battle stars, Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, the World War II Victory Medal, and the American Campaign Medal.