World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Ralph T. Cleage
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Birmingham, Alabama
Honored By
Mr. Ralph T. Cleage, Jr.
Relationship
Son
COMBAT PILOT WITH THE 475TH FIGHTER GROUP, U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES. SERVED FROM 1941 TO 1944, FLYING COMBAT MISSIONS IN HIS P-38 LIGHTNING IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER OF WAR FROM HIS BASE IN NEW GUINEA. HE NAMED HIS PLANE AFTER HIS ELDEST NIECE, SALLY.