Remembering Them Forever (RTF)!

Morgan, John Cary (Red)

Age: 76

  • Vernon, Texas, Wilbarger County, United States

Military Information:

  • US Air Force
  • Medal of Honor
  • Deceased
  • WWII Veteran
  • Korea Veteran
  • POW: Prisoner of War
  • QR Code
  • TVHOF Valor Award
  • TVHOF Patriot Award
  • WWII Victory Medal
  • 2 War Veteran
  • LtCol: Lieutenant Colonel
  • National Cemetery - Arlington
  • 1-Alpha List
  • Korean Service Medal

Bio:

Also served in the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Sergeant. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for "gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty." He continued to fly missions until he was shot down in 1944. His story was fictionalized in the novel Twelve O'Clock High! by Sy Bartlett (1948).

https://txmedalofhonor.com/#/recipient/6d8598bc-26e9-9823-fbbe-497e4d663a0c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_C._Morgan

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Cemetery:

Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia