World War II Honoree

Vernon C. Barr

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Hartville, Missouri

Honored By

Vernon C. Barr

AIR CADET TO ADVANCED AND TRANSFERRED TO THE AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND IN ARMY AIR CORPS. TRAINED IN PRIMARY, BASIC AND ADVANCED TWIN ENGINE PLANES THEN TRANSFERRED TO WEIGHTS AND BALANCES OF THE AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND AS A FLIGHT CLERK OR LOAD MASTER OF THE AIR TRAINING COMMAND. IN THE DOMESTIC WING. STATIONED AT ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI AND KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. DISCHARGED DECEMBER 7, 1945. PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT UNDER SECRETARY CORDELL HILL IN SECURITY AND WAS PRESENT AND MADE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE DIPLOMATS FROM JAPAN AND GERMANY THAT DELIVERED THE DECLARATION OF WWII TO THE SECRETARY.