Cherokee County

Capt. Burdette J. McKinnis

 

 

 

OUR NEIGHBORS IN THE SERVICES

Aurelia, Ia.
—Capt. Burdette J. McKinnis, 28, route 1, Aurelia, B-24 Liberator pilot, has been authorized to wear the distinguished unit badge with one bronze cluster as a member of a veteran 15th air force bomber group in Italy which twice has been cited by the president “for outstanding performance of duty in armed conflict with the enemy.”

Source: The Sioux City Journal, February 6, 1945