World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Samuel E. Whitehurst
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Panama City, Florida
Honored By
Samuel E. Whitehurst
Served in the Air Corps in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater as a gunner on a B-24 in the 7th Air Force and the 11th Bomb Group. Member of Lieutenant Robert H. Lounsberry's crew. Flew 27 combat missions. Campaigns included the Eastern Mandates, Western Pacific, China and Air Offensive in Japan. Awarded the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal, American Theater Medal, Good Conduct Medal and the WWII Victory Medal