The Eldon Advertiser, Thursday, February 18, 1999 Retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander James E. Fendorf died Tuesday,Feb. 2, 1999, of cancer at Dwight David Eisenhower Veterans Administration Medical Center in Leavenworth, Kan. He was a former resident of Eldon. Born in Jefferson City to Frank and Icie Mayfield Fendorf.He attended a one-room schoolhouse in the Ozarks and later graduated from Stanford University and attended U.S. Navy post graduate school inMonterey, Calif. He was a Navy pilot with 10,000 hours flight time, primarily with the Pacific Fleet. He was among the first pilots to flyinto Korea when the war started in 1950, and participated in most of the major actions, including the Pusan Perimeter, the Inchon Invasion and the race to the Yalu River border between North Korea and Manchuria. Among his last flights were the evacuation of Marines and soldiers fromthe Chosin Reservoir through the post of Hungnam.Lt. Commander Fendorf flew a total of 49 missions over Korea. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with four starsand the Presidential Unit Citation. In Connection with his Navy duties, he flew throughout the world, including support for the DominicanRepublic Action in 1965. He also participated in several support flights in and out of Vietnam during 1965, 1966 and 1967 during which heflew C130 assault aircraft. He also participated in two tours in Antarctica in 1964 and 1965, flying ski-equipped C130 aircraft. For this, he was recognized by having a glacier (Fendorf Glacier) in Queen Maud Land named after him.After he retired from the Navy, Lt. Commander Fendorf worked as an investigator and assistant district director for the National Association of Securites Dealers. He retired in 1987 after 18 years.Surviving him are his wife of 39 years, Gloria Yvonne; three daughters, Lisa Hoefgren of Bedford, Texas, Geri Urban of Leavenworth and CherreMiller of Weston; four grandchildren; a great-grandchild; two brothers, Frank Fendorf of Overland Park, Kan., and Dr. Kenneth M. Fendorf ofAptos Beach, Calif.; two sisters, Carolyn M. Fendorf of Lenexa, Kan., and Marilyn Gunderman of Overland Park, Kan.Cremation at Davis Funeral Chapel in Leavenworth was followed by a private burial ceremony at Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery.