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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Gene W. Hewett

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Dallas, Texas

Honored By

Mr. Gene Hewett

Relationship

Self

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

Rated Navigator, 5th Air Force, 22nd Bombardment Group, 408th Squadron, South Pacific. 59 combat missions: New Guinea, Northern Solomon Islands, Bismarck, Archipelago, Japanese Mandated Islands, Southern Philippines, Luzon Campaign, May 1943 to March 1945. Received the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Asiatic-Pacific Theatre Ribbon with 6 Battle Stars, Philippine Liberation Ribbon with 1 Battle Star.