A War Hero
The Department of Army files on Lieutenant Billie Harris stated that he along with his 354th fighter squadron had been posted to a British Royal Air Force base in the Southeast of England. He was a P-51 Mustang pilot who was flying escort missions for allied bombers going to bomb anyone and anything in Nazi occupied territory. He was an outstanding flyer, earning two Air Medals, a Distinguished Flying Cross, and 11 oak leaf clusters.