World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Wilbur H. Morrison
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Fallbrook, California
Honored By
C. Stewart Slack
Relationship
Friend
HE WAS A B-29 BOMBARDIER FOR 20TH AIR FORCE, 58TH BOMB WING, 462ND BOMB GROUP. FLEW OUT OF INDIA, CHINA AND TINIAN. WILBUR SURVIVED THE WAR AND WORKED AS A BROADCASTER, HISTORIAN AND AUTHOR. HE WROTE MANY BOOKS ON WWII INCLUDING HIS MOST RECENT 'BIRDS FROM HELL'; WHICH WAS RELEASED JUST BEFORE HIS DEATH IN JULY 2001.