Assorted Images

Title: Charles Edward Epp
Description: Portrait of Charles Edward Epp, a 2nd Lt. in the U. S. Marine Air Corps. Epp was born on September 20, 1923, in Kansas City, Missouri, and enlisted in the Navy V-5 program in June 1942. He was called to active duty in September and after earning his wings, he was transferred to the U. S. Marine Air Corps. He died on August 30, 1943, during a practice flight with his Bomber Training Unit.
Date: 1942~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Charles O. Rogers
Description: Portrait of Charles O. Rogers, a Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class in the U. S. Coast Guard. Rogers was born on December 14, 1907, in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, to Mr. and Mrs. William H. Rogers. The Rogers family moved to Kansas City in 1909. Rogers was married to Rose Gerig Krumps on October 20, 1933, and enlisted in the U. S. Coast Guard on April 29, 1942. He died on August 29, 1944, while in route to his Coast Guard boat in New Orleans after being struck by a civilian vehicle.
Date: 1942~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Charles V. Teaney
Description: Portrait of Charles V. Teaney who entered the service on March 26, 1943. Teaney was born on November 1, 1924, in St. Louis, Missouri. He was educated in Kansas City, Missouri, and participated in numerous school activities. After his military training, Teaney was stationed in Europe and was killed in action on January 16, 1945, in Linz, Germany.
Date: 1943~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Clifford D. Williams, Jr.
Description: Portrait of Clifford D. Williams, Jr., a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. Williams was born on January 21, 1918, in Kansas City, Missouri, and attended East High School. He enlisted on October 14, 1942, and in December of 1943, was sent to Italy for combat. On February 25, 1944, his plane was attacked by German fighters and was shot down. He was one of six men that were not able to escape the plane and died. He was awarded the Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster, a Presidential Citation, the European Theatre Ribbon with four Battle Stars, the Purple Heart, a Good Conduct Ribbon, and a Victory Medal.
Date: 1942~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Curtis S. Griffin
Description: Portrait of Curtis S. Griffin, a Captain with the U. S. Army Air Corps. Griffin was born on April 11, 1920, in Kansas City, Missouri. Griffin entered the Army in 1940 and he was married on August 1, 1942, to Mary Jane Kunodle. Griffin was killed in action in July of 1943 when his plane was shot down over Naples, Italy. He was awarded three Oak Leaf Clusters, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and the Purple Heart.
Date: 1942~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: David Buckner Willock, IV
Description: Portrait of David Buckner Willock IV, a 1st Lt. in the U. S. Army Air Corps. Wilcock was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 11, 1923, to David Buckner Willock and Myra A. Willock. He enlisted on January 26, 1942, as an air cadet and died on May 10, 1944, while on a mission in the Pacific. He was awarded four medals, four Presidential Citations, eighteen Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Purple Heart.
Date: 1942~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dawn Worth Darlington
Description: Portrait of Dawn Worth Darlington, member of the United States Marine Corp. He was born May 31, 1925, at Atlanta, Kansas, son of Hubert and Iris Darlington. On May 21, 1943, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and was called to active duty June 21, 1943. He was sent overseas the early part of May in 1944 to the Russell Islands in the Pacific Ocean, 60 miles from Guadacanal. He landed with the first troops at Palau Islands on September 15, 1944, and was with the 5th Marines of the First Marine Division acting as a machine gunner. He was hit with heavy machine gun and rifle fire and died September 26, 1944, on Pelaliu, Palau Islands. His body was returned to the United States in 1948 and he is buried in Atlanta, Kansas.
Date: 1944~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Edwin Nesbitt
Description: Portrait of Edwin Nesbitt, a Seargent in the Army 506th Parachute Infantry. Nesbitt was born on April 6, 1917, in Riverton, Nebraska, and enlisted in the Army on August 4, 1942. He was wounded in action on November 15, 1943, and returned for hospitalization in the United States on April 22, 1943. He died from his injuries on August 24, 1944.
Date: 1942~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Floyd Edwin Wilhelm
Description: Portrait of Captain Floyd Edwin Wilhelm who was born October 7, 1922, in Jonesboro, Illinois, son of William and Alice Wilhelm. He served in the Pacific Theater during World War II for more than four years and carried out Berlin Airlift missions, attached to the 317th Troop Carrier Wing. He served nine months in the Korean War. He was the first pilot in charge of an R. B. 45 to fly a non-stop jet from San Francisco to Japan unescorted, making the trip in September 1951. He lost his life October 20, 1952, while giving jet training, leaving a wife Delilah and five children.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Frazier R. Stair
Description: A view of First Lieutenant Frazier R. Stair, 430th Fighter Squadron, 47th Fighter Group, Ninth Army Air Force, positioned in his airplane. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 9, 1920, and graduated from Westport High School and Kansas City Junior College. He was a member of the National Guard, State of Missouri, 110th Engineer Combat Battalion. After entering the Army Air Corp he went overseas in the spring of 1944 as a Second Lieutenant Fighter Pilot of a P-38. He lost his life on November 6, 1944, on a bombing mission over Germany. He was awarded many medals and is buried in Hamm Cemetery in Luxemborg.
Date: 1944~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gilbert L. Worley, Jr.
Description: Portrait of Lt. Gilbert L. Worley, Jr., a flyer in the United States Army. He was born in Topeka, Kansas, April 12, 1920. He graduated from Southwest High School in Kansas City, Missouri, and from Kansas University in 1941 where he started his flying courses. His training was completed at Ong Field and he was qualified as a navigator and ground school instructor. In 1942 he completed his training to become an Army flyer. He was killed in an airplane accident on a flight to Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 15, 1943.
Date: 1942~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Giles J. Smith, Jr.
Description: Portrait of Giles J. Smith, Jr., a 1st Lt. in the U.S. Marines. Giles, also known as Jim, was born on March 9, 1921, in Kansas City, Missouri. Giles, a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity while at the University of Missouri, received his commission as a fighter pilot on June 26, 1943. He married Verdella Rothband on June 29, 1943, and in October was sent to the southwest Pacific. He was killed in action on May 1, 1944. He was awarded the Purple Heart and the Air Medal.
Date: 1943~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harold R. Peaster
Description: Photograph of Harold R. Peaster, a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. Peaster was born on October 21, 1921, in Kansas City, Missouri. He was killed in action on February 1, 1945, with his entire crew, while bombing over Luzon, Philippine Islands. He was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation, and Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harry H. McPherson, Jr.
Description: Photograph of Harry H. McPherson, Jr., a Lieutenant in the U. S. Army. McPherson was born in Kidder, Missouri, and lived in St. Joseph and Jefferson City before moving to Kansas City, Missouri. He attended the University of Missouri and was a member of the Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity. He received his training at Luke Field in Arizona and was a pursuit flight commander in the Army Air Corps.
Date: 1942~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Harry Wayne Nelson
Description: Portrait of Harry Wayne Nelson, a Private in the U.S. Army. Nelson was born on April 22, 1911, in Jamestown, Kansas, and his family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, in 1914. He enlisted on November 28, 1942, and was first sent to Africa and then to Sicily. He was killed in action on August 4, 1943, and awarded the Silver Star.
Date: 1942~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Henry Boshell
Description: Portrait of Henry Boshell, a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps. Boshell, also known as Bud, was born July 31, 1921. He attended the Greenwood School and Central High School in Kansas City, graduating in 1938. After graduation, Boshell entered a one year Army training program and eventually left for Goose Bay in Labrador on April 9, 1944, from Tampa, Florida. It was during this trip that his plane, a B-17, went down in a severe storm.
Date: 1943~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Henry Burton Coker
Description: Portrait of Henry Burton Coker, a Staff Sargeant in the U. S. Army. Coker was born on October 20, 1912, in Warren Arkansas. In 1928 his family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, where he finished high school at Westport High School in 1929. After working for the Kansas City Fire Department for five years, he enlisted in the U.S. Army on April 27, 1942. He died on November 22, 1944, while in combat in Germany.
Date: 1942~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Jack W. Burnham
Description: Portrait of Jack W. Burnham, a Staff Sergeant in the U. S. Airforce. Burnham was born on March 10, 1925, in Kansas City, Missouri, and enlisted in 1943. He was assigned as a gunner on a B-26 and while returning from his last mission, he was killed in action when debris pierced his plane. He was awarded the Air Medal, one silver and three bronze oakleaf clusters, six bronze stars, and the Purple Heart.
Date: 1943~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John Gray, Jr.
Description: Portrait of John Gray, Jr., a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. Gray was born in Creighton, Missouri, on May 26, 1920, and attended Creighton High School. He enlisted on August 6, 1942, and was sent to Europe on August 17, 1944. While in France crossing the Moselle River, his company assault boat, under the command of George Patton, was ambushed by German fire and the entire crew was killed in action on Novemner 15, 1944.
Date: 1942~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John Owen Beauchamp, Jr.
Description: Portrait of John Owen Beauchamp, Jr., a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. Beauchamp was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on April 25, 1923. He attended Southwest High School and enlisted in the Army Air Corps on May 13, 1943. In February 1945, he was sent to Germany and killed in action an April 16, 1945. The Silver Star was presented to his wife, Gene Beauchamp.
Date: 1943~
Object Type: Photograph

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