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Alabama and World War II

Notable Statistics: 320,000 Alabamians served in World War II. More than 4,000 lost their lives. Thirteen Congressional Medal of Honor recipients had Alabama connections.

Notable Alabamians in World War II:

• Bert Bank (Tuscaloosa): survived Bataan "Death March"
• Joseph Rhett Barker (Birmingham): led Philippine guerillas against Japanese
• Nancy Batson (Birmingham): early Women Air Service Pilot
• Tom Borders (Edgewood): flew first 8th Air Force mission against German position
• Gene Carter (Tuskegee): Tuskegee airman of 99th Pursuit Squadron
• Crommelin brothers (Montgomery): Annapolis graduates and navy heroes
• Noel Gayler (Birmingham): three Navy Crosses, led mission across mountains of New Guinea
• Howard Gilmore (Selma): first submarine commander to receive CMO
• David McCampbell (Bessemer): most successful naval air ace in Pacific
• John Persons (Birmingham): one of only two National Guard generals to command divisions in World War II
• General Lewis A. Pick (Auburn): builder of Ledo Road to supply China
• Eugene Sledge (Mobile): Marine private and author of With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa,
best combat autobiography of World War II
• Marine General Holland Smith (Seale): father of modern amphibious warfare, and architect of Allied island-hopping offensive in Pacific