World War II Honoree

Joseph A. Bagley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Grand Prairie, Texas

Honored By

Ann Bagley

Relationship

Wife

TECHNICAL SERGEANT. AERIAL FLIGHT ENGINEER AND TOP TURRET GUNNER, B-24 LIBERATOR, 4 ENGINE HEAVY BOMBER, 15TH ARMY AIR FORCE, 454TH BOMB GROUP, 738TH BOMB SQUADRON (H). SERVED IN 25 COMBAT MISSIONS. AWARDED AIR MEDAL WITH 4 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON WITH 1 BATTLE STAR AWARDED FOR ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL LIMITS OF THE U.S., EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH 5 BATTLE STARS FOR CAMPAIGNS OF NAPLES-FOGGIA, ROME-ARNO, SOUTHERN ITALY, NORTHERN ITALY, GERMANY, BALKANS, HUNGARY, AUSTRIA AND PO VALLEY; WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ARMY OF OCCUPATION GERMANY, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATIONS WITH 2 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, DESTRUCTION OF HERMAN GOERMAN STEEL WORKS IN LENZ, AUSTRIA (TANKS AND ARMAMENT PRODUCTION DESTRUCTION OF MESSERSCHMITT AIRCRAFT FACTORY IN BAD VOSLAU, AUSTRIA. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR COLD WAR, BERLIN. CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FROM THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE AIR WAR OVER FRANCE 1944-1945. RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE (WITH THE 'RUPTURED DUCK' LAPEL PIN) NOVEMBER 1945.