Glen Harold Wallace |
Glen Wallace and his son Jimmy. | World War II, 1939-1946
Navy
Fighter Squadron 83
United States
Captain
Corning, AR
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Working in a civilian aircraft plant in 1942, Missouri farm boy Glen Wallace fell in love
twicewith a co-worker who became his future wife and with the idea of flying in the
Navy. He enlisted and achieved his dream, making a 30-year career out of piloting planes
for the Navy. He and his fellow pilots were a cocky bunch with a penchant for practical
jokes. That confidence would serve them well through many harrowing missions over
Japan in the final months of the war. He lost many buddies, some of them just before VJ
Day.
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