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Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Profiles Spring-Summer 2014 HFDFW


 

Lloyd enlisted into the U.S. Army Air Forces and was inducted at Oklahoma City Oklahoma on September 24, 1946. After basic training in San Antonio, Texas he was soon on his way to Japan for occupation duty with American and Allied Forces.

During his time in Japan, headquartered at Shiroi Air Force Base, Lloyd was assigned to the 5th AAF, 8062nd Air Strike command. He was an auto repairman for the AAF and as such traveled all over the country picking up and repairing vehicles. There was one instance where he was on a ground maneuver at Mount Fujiyama when heavy snows aborted the mission at the famous landmark.

Lloyd is justifiably proud of his service in the Army Air Forces. He wants to dedicate the trip to the World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. to his older brother Homer William Dillon, who at age 20, was killed on December 14, 1944 by Japanese fire at Leyte, Philippine Islands.

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