World War II Honoree

James Sanders Crouch, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Macon, Georgia

Honored By

Nathan Henry Thomas Patton

Relationship

Grandson

PILOTED A B-17 G FLYING FORTRESS IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER FROM MAY 1944 UNTIL SEPTEMBER OF THAT SAME YEAR. FOUGHT WITH THE SQUARE-A SQUADRON OF THE EIGHTH AIR FORCE. RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS MEDAL WITH FOUR BRONZE SERVICE STARS, THE WWII VICTORY MEDAL AND THE AIR MEDAL WITH FOUR OAK LEAF CLUSTERS ON MARCH 2, 1950. FLEW 35 MISSIONS.