Blair, Jesse C.

• Name	Blair, Jesse C.
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	BLAI.J002
  Military Service	World War II, Technical Sergeant, United States Army Air Forces  [1]
  	Entered active service as a draftee on March 4, 1943 at Chicago, Illinois. Selected for The Air Corps, completed basic training, attended Radio Operator and Mechanic School and Machine Gunner School and Qualified in The Military Occupational Specialty of Radio Operator and Machine Gunner (757). Departed the Continental U.S. on January 31, 1945 bound for The European Theater of Operations. Flew combat missions in the Northern Apennines, Po Valley and Rhineland Campaigns. Returned to the U.S. on June 25, 1945 and assigned to the 233rd Air Base Unit, Davis-Monthan Field, Tucson, Arizona. Honorably discharged as a Technical Sergeant on October 27, 1945 at station of assignment. Earned The Air Medal With 1 Oak Leaf Cluster, Aircrew Member Badge (Wings), Good Conduct Medal, American Campaign Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 bronze battle stars and The WWII Victory Medal. (This information has been posted on the National World War II Memorial's Registry of Remembrances website by Robert Medley Gatewood. It is entered here with his permission.) Source: https://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=2049905
  		Flag of the United States, 48 Stars (1912-1959) In 1912, two stars were added to the United States flag, representing Arizona and New Mexico, bringing the total number of stars to 48. They were arranged in six rows of eight stars each. American fighting men would fight under this flag during four wars: World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the beginning of the Vietnam War. (In 1959, a…
  		United States Army Air Corps (1926 - 1941)
  		United States Army Air Corps
  		United States Army Air Forces (1941–1947)
  		United States Army Air Forces
  		Technical Sergeant (TSGT), United States Army and United States Army Air Forces (Sep 1942-Aug 1948)
  		United States Army Enlisted Rank Insignia
  		World War II (1939-1945)
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007 On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. …
  		World War II Honoree, Blair, Jesse C.
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007, page 01 of 26 pages On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. This…
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007, page 02 of 26 pages On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. This…
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007, page 03 of 26 pages On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. This…
  		Brochure, World War II Memorial, Flora, Illinois, Nov 11, 2007, page 06 of 26 pages On Veterans' Day, 2005, the city of Flora, Illinois dedicated a memorial to all known Clay County, Illinois World War II Veterans. Located on the south side of the city library, this is a copy of the brochure honoring that event. This 2007 brochure adds a matrix for locating the memorial brick that was laid in honor of each veteran. This…
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  Person ID	I43224	Carl Wayne Gray Research
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2023

  
  

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  [S15045] World War II Honoree, Jesse C. Blair, (https://wwiiregistry.abmc.gov/honoree-plaque/?honoree_id=2049905) (Reliability: 2).