"For extraodinary achievement in aerial combat lst Lt. Joseph Pearce was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in European Theatre on October 14, 1944."
Lt.Pearce a B-17 pilot with the 381st Bomber Group of the 8th Air Force also holds the Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters.
In 6mths overseas he completed more than 35 daylight heavy bombardment missions against German targets. At the age of 24.
He enlisted as a private in the Army Air Force, dropping out of the University of Pennsylvania after one year, and was trained as a radio operator before transfering to aviation cadet training. He won his "wings" and commission on November 3, 1943 at Seymour, Indiana.
He was a graduate of Milford High School, class of 1937, lettering in basketball. He returned to Milford after the war and became the Postmaster until his retirement.
Lt.Pearce a B-17 pilot with the 381st Bomber Group of the 8th Air Force also holds the Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters.
In 6mths overseas he completed more than 35 daylight heavy bombardment missions against German targets. At the age of 24.
He enlisted as a private in the Army Air Force, dropping out of the University of Pennsylvania after one year, and was trained as a radio operator before transfering to aviation cadet training. He won his "wings" and commission on November 3, 1943 at Seymour, Indiana.
He was a graduate of Milford High School, class of 1937, lettering in basketball. He returned to Milford after the war and became the Postmaster until his retirement.
"For extraodinary achievement in aerial combat lst Lt. Joseph Pearce was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross in European Theatre on October 14, 1944."
Lt.Pearce a B-17 pilot with the 381st Bomber Group of the 8th Air Force also holds the Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters.
In 6mths overseas he completed more than 35 daylight heavy bombardment missions against German targets. At the age of 24.
He enlisted as a private in the Army Air Force, dropping out of the University of Pennsylvania after one year, and was trained as a radio operator before transfering to aviation cadet training. He won his "wings" and commission on November 3, 1943 at Seymour, Indiana.
He was a graduate of Milford High School, class of 1937, lettering in basketball. He returned to Milford after the war and became the Postmaster until his retirement.
Lt.Pearce a B-17 pilot with the 381st Bomber Group of the 8th Air Force also holds the Air Medal with 3 oak leaf clusters.
In 6mths overseas he completed more than 35 daylight heavy bombardment missions against German targets. At the age of 24.
He enlisted as a private in the Army Air Force, dropping out of the University of Pennsylvania after one year, and was trained as a radio operator before transfering to aviation cadet training. He won his "wings" and commission on November 3, 1943 at Seymour, Indiana.
He was a graduate of Milford High School, class of 1937, lettering in basketball. He returned to Milford after the war and became the Postmaster until his retirement.
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