Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Ashland, Kentucky
Honored By
David E. Lane, Sr.
Relationship
Friend & Fellow Service Officer
SERGEANT BATES SERVED STATESIDE DURING WWII AS A AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER. LONGEST TOUR OF DUTY WAS PATTERSON AIR FIELD, DAYTON, OHIO (NOW KNOWN AS WRIGHT PATTERSON FIELD). VANDA SERVED WITH THE WOMAN'S ARMY AIR CORPS UNTIL 1948.