ASSISTANT RADIO / GUNNER
Sgt. Howard A. Sorensen

Sorensen was born April 2, 1921.  A Mormon, he joined the US Army Air Force. He was 20 at the time of the February 23, 1942 landing in the swamp After their escape, he spent two weeks in the hospital recovering.

Afterwards, he flew a total of 33 combat missions. One of his other combat highlights was being radio operator during MacArthur's first flight in New Guinea.  The general was seated next to him in a pullman chair mounted in the radio room. 

After his tour he went to flight school in 1943 but was not granted wings due to an eye injury, but enlisted for a second tour with the 20th Air Force in China-Burma-India (CBI), then retired from the military in 1945.

He retired to Fullerton, California and passed away February 17, 2004.

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