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Location of Interment Georgetown IOOF Cemetery - Georgetown, Texas
Wall/Plot Coordinates Block 22 Lot 84 SPJ
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AAF Tail#40-2282 Take Off Order 4 Target-Tokyo
Bert Jordan was one of the 80 airmen who, under the leadership of Jimmy Doolittle, disembarked from the U.S.S. Hornet in the first bombing raid over Tokyo in World War II. He remained in the China-Burma-India theater flying combat missions until 1943 before returning home. In 1945 he served in the Asia-Pacific Theater of Operations.
Pilot
Lt.
Everett Wayne Brick Holstrom
Cottage Grove, OR
Dec 02, 2000
Co-Pilot
Lt.
Lucian Nevelon Youngblood
Pampa, TX
Feb 28, 1949
Navigator
Lt.
Harry C. McCool
La Junta, CO
Feb 01, 2003
Bombardier
Cpl.
Robert J. Stephens
Hobart, OK
Apr 13, 1959
Eng/Gunner
Cpl.
Bert M. Jordan
Covington, OK
Apr 03, 2001
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Distinguished Flying Cross
The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Flying Cross to Corporal Bert M. Jordan (ASN: 6952993), United States Army Air Forces, for extraordinary achievement as Engineer/Gunner of a B-25 Bomber of the 1st Special Aviation Project (Doolittle Raider Force), while participating in a highly destructive raid on the Japanese mainland on 18 April 1942. Corporal Jordan with 79 other officers and enlisted men volunteered for this mission knowing full well that the chances of survival were extremely remote, and executed his part in it with great skill and daring. This achievement reflects high credit on himself and the military service.
Description (Western Pacific Campaign 15 June 1944 to 2 September 1945) Attacks on Truk, where the Japanese had a major base, continued as preparations were made for the invasion of the Marianas. The American troops that landed on Saipan on 15 June 1944 met bitter opposition; but, after a desperate Japanese counterattack on 7 July, organized resistance soon terminated. Tinian, invaded on 25 July, was won by I August. Guam, which had been seized by the Japanese on 10 December 1941, was invaded on 20 July and regained after 20 days of fighting. With the conquest of the Marianas, the United States gained valuable bases for an aerial offensive against Japan itself. To provide bases for operations against the Philipgines, the Palaus were invaded in mid-September. Later, aerial attacks were made on Formosa to support the invasion of the Philippines and Okinawa.
