World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Alvin J. Pokorny
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Honored By
A. J. Pokorny
Fighter Pilot; flew 35 missions, escorted bombers over Austria and Germany, after commissioned. Training command; taught new trainees how to fly. One year teaching War Air Service Program females to fly; Sweetwater, Texas. Mediterranean Theater of Operations. Served May 1941 to August 1945.