First Lieutenant JOHN KELLY, late of Company I, 120th Infantry Regiment, wrote from Okinawa: "We are really giving the yellow devils a fit. Hope to be on Front Street again."
First Lieutenant LEON ANDREWS, late of the 252nd Coast Artillery, led a tank battalion on Okinawa.
His brother, 1st Lt. JAMES ANDREWS, fought in New Guinea and Luzon.
And so, they went to war, and came home.
"During squadron reunions when they gather to fight the Burma campaign once again," P-38 pilot BILLY BROADFOOT's 459th Fighter Squadron history book reads, "they realize that they, particularly the pilots, were bonded together forevermore during the greatest adventure of their young lives."
At this 76th anniversary of the war's end, Wilmington admires their greatest adventures. We forever thank them.
Wilmington native, author, military author and retired Navy captain WILBUR JONES grew up here during World War II. UNC Wilmington presented him with its Distinguished Citizen Award for 2021 for his history preservation efforts and support or UNC-W.
What this man has done for the history of Wilmington during World War II is amazing.
--GreGen
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