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Home Town Parsons
Date of Passing Dec 31, 1978
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Captain Max Vernon Kite attended WVU and was employed as a chemist before enlisting with the AAF Lockbourne AAB, Colombus, Ohio as a aviation cadet on 21 December 1942. He received Advanced Bombardier Training at Midland Texas before leaving for overseas on 11 March 1943. Arriving in North Africa 20 March 1943 he was assigned to the 20th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group as Bombardier and participted in the Sicily, Tunisia, and Naples-Foggia campaigns where he received the Air Medal w/ 9 oak leaf clusters, the E.A.M.E. service medal w/ 3 campaign stars, and the WWII Victory Medal. On 7 November 1943 Captain Kite sailed home arriving on 15 November 1943 were he was assigned to the 2528th AAF Base Unit in Midland Texas. On 17 April 1944 he married Aura Jean Little in Parsons West Virginia. On 4 November 1945 Captain Kite was honorably dischraged from the AAF. He had 2 children and worked as an optometrist before he passed away in December 1978 in St. Clairesville Ohio.
Captain Kite is on the far right in the picture above.
WWII - American Theater
From Month/Year
December / 1941
To Month/Year
September / 1945
Description The American Theater was a minor area of operations during World War II. This was mainly due to both North and South America's geographical separation from the central theaters of conflict in Europe and Asia. Thus, any threat by the Axis Powers to invade the mainland United States or other areas was considered negligible, allowing for American resources to be deployed in overseas theaters.
This article includes attacks on continental territory, extending 200 miles (320 km) into the ocean, which is today under the sovereignty of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and several other smaller states, but excludes military action involving the Danish territory of Greenland, the Hawaiian Islands, and the Aleutian Islands. The most well known battles in North America during World War II were the Attack on Pearl Harbor (the first attack on US soil since the Battle of Ambos Nogales), the Aleutian Islands Campaign, the Battle of the St. Lawrence, and the attacks on Newfoundland.