World War II Honoree

Vietta A. Offenheiser

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Pearl City, Illinois

Honored By

Karen Dowd Carpenter

Relationship

Daughter

SERVED AUGUST 20, 1943 TO DECEMBER 4, 1945. SERGEANT, WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE. AIRWAYS AND AIR COMMUNICATIONS COMMAND, AACC. FIRST WOMAN TO BE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE INSPECTOR GENERAL TEAM. INSPECTED AIR CONTROL TOWERS, TROOP LIVING CONDITIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS IN ENGLAND AND FRANCE. STATIONED IN LONDON, DURING THE B-1 AND B-2 BLITZ, LIVING QUARTERS WERE COMPLETELY DESTROYED, BUT SHE SURVIVED. RECEIVED 2 OVERSEAS SERVICE BARS, THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, WWII VICTORY MEDAL, WOMEN'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS SERVICE MEDAL AND THE GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL.