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Airman's Application For Special Assignment Form Completed by Naron
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Title
Airman's Application For Special Assignment Form Completed by Naron
Alternative Title
The War Comes Home, Upton Naron
Series Title
Created Date
February 11th, 1954
Description
The War Comes Home project collects a Southern California community's stories, photographs, paperwork, and other items submitted by its veterans documenting their service to their country. It also highlights how they applied, recalled, and shared their experiences when they returned to their community as business and civic leaders as well as overall productive members of society. Upton Wade Naron was a veteran of World War II. He was born in San Diego, California on October 31, 1917 and pass away on January 2, 1999. He enlisted and served in the Army starting in 1947 and in the Air Force starting in 1960. Although he retired in 1967 he completed special projects for the Air Force until the early 1970s. He also served in South America, including training men for the Bay of Pigs Invasion. The locations of his service were many, including special work for the Air Force in Indonesia, work on the Panama Canal and in Chile to study the Ozone Layer. He Sustained Wartime injuries. He was very dedicated to serving his country and was disappointed that he could not fight in conflicts after his retirement. Awards he received include the World War II Victory Medal, Philippine Liberation Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal, Asiatic Pacific Campaign and American Campaign Medal.
Creators and Contributors
Subject Topic
Subject Entity
Temporal Coverage
1939 to 1945
Media Type
Format
Manuscript (document)
Extent
2
Pages
Generation
Copy
Copyright Statement
Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Riverside County Library System. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Country of Creation
United States
Contributing Organization
Contributing Organization Contact Information
Phone: (909) 795-9807
Organization Websites
Link to Internet Archive
Archival Resource Key (External)