WWII
Korea
Horace Alvan Montgomery
Rate / Rank
LT Colonel
Birthdate
February 13 1919
Date of Death
July 1965
Branch
USAF
Active Duty Service
May 20 1942 - October 2 1946
Conflicts & Campaigns
- Normandy; Central Europe; Rhineland; Sicily; Naples-Foggia; Rome-Arno; Northern France; Africa; May 28, 1943 - September 8, 1945
- Pilot C-47 that flew paratroopers to Cherbourg Peninsula, France during June 6, 1944 "D" Day Invasion .
Significant Duty Stations
- Commissioned at Turner Field Advanced Flying School, Albany, Georgia on May 16, 1942.
- IX Troop Carrier Company, 9th Air Force
Decorations & Citations
- European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with seven battle stars
- Distinguished Unit Badge; Air Medal CITATION For skillful piloting and accurate flying, at a very low attitude over enemy territory on D-Day in an unarmed and unarmored C-47 Troop Carrier aircraft, and dropping his paratroopers over the designated drop zone CAPTAIN MONTGOMERY was awarded the Air Medal.
- American Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal; Korean Service Medal
- United Nation Service Medal; National Defense Medal
Notes
Born; Cairo, Georgia. Graduated from Cairo High School Class of 1936.