Major jay zeamer biography
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Jay Zeamer Jr. (July 25, 1918 – March 22, 2007) was a pilot of the United States Army Air Forces in the South Pacific during World War II, who received the Medal of Honor for valor during a B-17 Flying Fortress mission on June 16, 1943.
Major jay zeamer biography
Jay Zeamer, Jr. was born July 25, 1918 in Carlisle, PA. On February 8, 1940 enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) in Newark, NJ as an aviation cadet with serial number 12008331.
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On 16 June 1943, Maj. Zeamer (then Capt.) volunteered as pilot of a bomber on an important photographic mapping mission covering the formidably defended area in the vicinity of Buka, .
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Zeamer ended his military career at the end of World War II as a major in the US Army Air Corps.