World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Vern S. Helms
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Taft, California
Honored By
Vern Helms
Air corps Lieutenant. Navigator in B-17 aircraft with the 398th Bomb Group, 600th Squadron, 8th Air Force. Flew 17 missions from 1944 to 1945. Last mission in Plzen, Czechoslovakia.