SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER WITH THE 9TH AIR FORCE. HE AND HIS OLDER BROTHER HAD THE DISTINCTION OF SERVING IN THE SAME B-26 'MARAUDER' MEDIUM BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON AS AERIAL GUNNERS. THIS WAS HIGHLY IRREGULAR, PARTICULARLY CONSIDERING THEY WERE THE ONLY SURVIVING CHILDREN OF THEIR PARENTS. HIS DUTIES AS AERIAL GUNNER INCLUDED MANNING A MACHINE GUN POSITION, INFORMING THE FLIGHT CREW OF APPROACHING ENEMY AIRCRAFT, AND SERVICING WEAPONS AND TURRETS IN FLIGHT. HIS AIRCRAFT WAS SHOT DOWN DURING A MISSION, AND HE HAD TO PARACHUTE FROM THE PLANE. HE LANDED IN A TREE AND WAS FORTUNATE TO BE RESCUED BY RESISTANCE FIGHTERS. AWARDED THE AIR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH THE RANK OF SERGEANT AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.

In Memory of James Ray Colpitt US AF Staff SGT

In Memory of James Richard Colpitt US Navy Pharmacist's Mate Third Class Oklahoma

In Memory of William Mitchell

Charles B Barnes

BOB, FOR YOUR 65TH BIRTHDAY AND IN HONOR OF YOUR DAD ROY PITTMAN JR. WE ARE SPONSORING 5 WREATHS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

CMSGT GERALD A DUNN E-9 CMSGT ARKANSAS