Ward Jackson Carter

Military

Received credit for constructing the Electrical Adapter Test Panel for checking electrical equipment installed in P-51 assemblies. Told of Maj. Henry Carlson 'Handlebar Hank' ordering a barrel of beer be placed in the center of the compound so enlisted men could celebrate the end of the war without leaving the base. Also told of an English family that invited him to their home for Christmas 1943.



Good conduct medal

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Hiltons, Virginia 11 June 1921

Died

23 June 1995

Buried

Bristol, Tennessee

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia