US ARMY AIR CORPS - WORLD WAR II, CAPT US AIR FORCE - KOREA - Awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Enlistment Date 1: 5 Apr 1941, Release Date 1: 14 Mar 1946;
Enlistment Date 2: 27 Nov 1946, Release Date 2: 30 Jun 1962
Hershell Floyd Winship, 80, of Sarasota, died Wednesday, May 23, 2001. He was born in Thorndike, Maine, October 31, 1920. He was the son of Floyd and Laila (Walton) Winship.
He graduated from Unity High School and attended Maine colleges prior to enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1941. He rose rapidly through the ranks in the military, flew 25 combat missions in B-17 aircraft from England and was subsequently assigned to positions in the Soviet Union and France.
Returning to the United States after having served for 27 months in the European Theatre during World War II, Captain Winship continued his military career, serving at several bases in the United States and two tours in Korea. He was decorated eight times and awarded ten service medals, including the Purple Heart.
Subsequent to his retirement from the U.S. Air Force in 1962, Captain Winship was employed as a personnel officer with the State of New Hampshire until 1975 when he was forced to retire due to ill health.
He was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Free and Accepted Masons and the National Grange.
In addition to his wife of 54 years, the former June Nickless, Captain Winship is survived by a daughter, Deborah Holliday of Tampa, and son, Blaine of Miami; two grandchildren, Brian Holliday of Tampa and Kathryn of Los Angeles; sister Phyllis Williamson of Yarmouth, Maine; brother Robert Winship of Unity, Maine; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Burial is to be in the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. Toale Brothers Funeral Home has been in charge of arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to the American Institute for Cancer Research, P O Box 97167, Washington, DC 20090.
(Published in the Waterville Morning Sentinel)
Enlistment Date 1: 5 Apr 1941, Release Date 1: 14 Mar 1946;
Enlistment Date 2: 27 Nov 1946, Release Date 2: 30 Jun 1962
Hershell Floyd Winship, 80, of Sarasota, died Wednesday, May 23, 2001. He was born in Thorndike, Maine, October 31, 1920. He was the son of Floyd and Laila (Walton) Winship.
He graduated from Unity High School and attended Maine colleges prior to enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1941. He rose rapidly through the ranks in the military, flew 25 combat missions in B-17 aircraft from England and was subsequently assigned to positions in the Soviet Union and France.
Returning to the United States after having served for 27 months in the European Theatre during World War II, Captain Winship continued his military career, serving at several bases in the United States and two tours in Korea. He was decorated eight times and awarded ten service medals, including the Purple Heart.
Subsequent to his retirement from the U.S. Air Force in 1962, Captain Winship was employed as a personnel officer with the State of New Hampshire until 1975 when he was forced to retire due to ill health.
He was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Free and Accepted Masons and the National Grange.
In addition to his wife of 54 years, the former June Nickless, Captain Winship is survived by a daughter, Deborah Holliday of Tampa, and son, Blaine of Miami; two grandchildren, Brian Holliday of Tampa and Kathryn of Los Angeles; sister Phyllis Williamson of Yarmouth, Maine; brother Robert Winship of Unity, Maine; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Burial is to be in the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. Toale Brothers Funeral Home has been in charge of arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to the American Institute for Cancer Research, P O Box 97167, Washington, DC 20090.
(Published in the Waterville Morning Sentinel)
US ARMY AIR CORPS - WORLD WAR II, CAPT US AIR FORCE - KOREA - Awarded the Bronze Star Medal, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters.
Enlistment Date 1: 5 Apr 1941, Release Date 1: 14 Mar 1946;
Enlistment Date 2: 27 Nov 1946, Release Date 2: 30 Jun 1962
Hershell Floyd Winship, 80, of Sarasota, died Wednesday, May 23, 2001. He was born in Thorndike, Maine, October 31, 1920. He was the son of Floyd and Laila (Walton) Winship.
He graduated from Unity High School and attended Maine colleges prior to enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1941. He rose rapidly through the ranks in the military, flew 25 combat missions in B-17 aircraft from England and was subsequently assigned to positions in the Soviet Union and France.
Returning to the United States after having served for 27 months in the European Theatre during World War II, Captain Winship continued his military career, serving at several bases in the United States and two tours in Korea. He was decorated eight times and awarded ten service medals, including the Purple Heart.
Subsequent to his retirement from the U.S. Air Force in 1962, Captain Winship was employed as a personnel officer with the State of New Hampshire until 1975 when he was forced to retire due to ill health.
He was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Free and Accepted Masons and the National Grange.
In addition to his wife of 54 years, the former June Nickless, Captain Winship is survived by a daughter, Deborah Holliday of Tampa, and son, Blaine of Miami; two grandchildren, Brian Holliday of Tampa and Kathryn of Los Angeles; sister Phyllis Williamson of Yarmouth, Maine; brother Robert Winship of Unity, Maine; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Burial is to be in the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. Toale Brothers Funeral Home has been in charge of arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to the American Institute for Cancer Research, P O Box 97167, Washington, DC 20090.
(Published in the Waterville Morning Sentinel)
Enlistment Date 1: 5 Apr 1941, Release Date 1: 14 Mar 1946;
Enlistment Date 2: 27 Nov 1946, Release Date 2: 30 Jun 1962
Hershell Floyd Winship, 80, of Sarasota, died Wednesday, May 23, 2001. He was born in Thorndike, Maine, October 31, 1920. He was the son of Floyd and Laila (Walton) Winship.
He graduated from Unity High School and attended Maine colleges prior to enlisting in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1941. He rose rapidly through the ranks in the military, flew 25 combat missions in B-17 aircraft from England and was subsequently assigned to positions in the Soviet Union and France.
Returning to the United States after having served for 27 months in the European Theatre during World War II, Captain Winship continued his military career, serving at several bases in the United States and two tours in Korea. He was decorated eight times and awarded ten service medals, including the Purple Heart.
Subsequent to his retirement from the U.S. Air Force in 1962, Captain Winship was employed as a personnel officer with the State of New Hampshire until 1975 when he was forced to retire due to ill health.
He was a member of the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Free and Accepted Masons and the National Grange.
In addition to his wife of 54 years, the former June Nickless, Captain Winship is survived by a daughter, Deborah Holliday of Tampa, and son, Blaine of Miami; two grandchildren, Brian Holliday of Tampa and Kathryn of Los Angeles; sister Phyllis Williamson of Yarmouth, Maine; brother Robert Winship of Unity, Maine; several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Burial is to be in the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida. Toale Brothers Funeral Home has been in charge of arrangements. Memorial donations may be made to the American Institute for Cancer Research, P O Box 97167, Washington, DC 20090.
(Published in the Waterville Morning Sentinel)
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