World War II Honoree

John F. Curley

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Louisville, Kentucky

Honored By

Toni Curley

Relationship

Wife

TECHNICAL SERGEANT. RADIO OPERATOR AND WAIST GUNNER ON A B-24 LIBERATOR, 4-ENGINE HEAVY BOMBER. 15TH ARMY AIR FORCE, 454TH BOMB GROUP, 738TH BOMB SQUADRON (HEAVY). COMPLETED 35 COMBAT MISSIONS. AWARDED AIR MEDAL WITH 5 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN THEATER RIBBON WITH 1 BATTLE STAR FOR ANTI-SUBMARINE PATROL OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL LIMITS OF THE U.S.; EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER RIBBON WITH 5 BATTLE STARS FOR FOGGIA-NAPLES, ROME-ARNO, SOUTHERN FRANCE, NORTHERN FRANCE, GERMANY, BALKANS, HUNGARY, AUSTRIA AND PO VALLEY NORTHERN ITALY; WWII VICTORY MEDAL, ARMED ARMY OF OCCUPATION GERMANY, PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION WITH 2 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS( GO 3604 SEPTEMBER 24, 1944) DESTRUCTION OF HERMAN GOERING STEEL WORKS IN LINZ, AUSTRIA AND (GO 3398 MAY 24, 1944) DESTRUCTION OF MESSERSCHMIDT AIRCRAFT FACTORY IN BAD VOESLAU, AUSTRIA; CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR VICTORY (COLD WAR-BERLIN) AND CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE AIR WAR OVER FRANCE, 1944-1945.