ENGINEER
T/Sgt Clarence A. LeMieux

Graduated from Lewis & Clark High School in Spokane Washington in 1933. He enlisted in the USAAF at Fort George Wright. First working on B-10 and B-12, and then B-17 bombers, he completed engine mechanic training at Chanute Field. Then, additional gunnery and supercharger schooling. In the confusion of the days following the Pearl Harbor attack, he waited at Sacramento while their B-17 was armed, and met the woman he would later marry. Flew with the crew overseas, and as engineer and top turret gunner on the February 22/23 mission to Rabaul, the only combat mission of the war he flew. Afterwards, due to a shortage of mechanics and spare parts, he worked to keep B-17 engines serviced at Townsville and spent a year in Australia.

When he returned to the States, he was sent to Pyote (Rattlesnake) Airfield in west Texas, and receivved a field commission. He stayed in the USAF, and was assigned to locations in the USA and world: England, Perto Rico, Philippines and Guam. Retired with the rank of Colonel, He lives in retirement in Spokane, Washington.