Ensign Joseph Metcalf Hissem
Link
https://militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=94287
Excerpt from bio compiled by Gerry Lawton
Biography:
About 30 May 1942 in Pearl Harbor, Ensign Hissem and his squadron mate, Ens. Jack Winton Wilke, volunteered to provide pathfinder (Navigation) services for a 1200 mile open ocean transit for Torpedo Squadron Eight’s (VT-8) detachment of six new TBF-1 torpedo bomber aircraft being flown to NAS Midway on 01 Jun 1942 to augment the island’s defenses.
In the early morning hours of 4 June, he volunteered to provide navigational assistance and act as a Radioman/Bombardier/tunnel gunner on one the TBF-1s in the detachment of VT-8 as it flew into battle against the numerically superior Japanese forces.
[Bio compiled by GML470]
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Missing In Action - Navy - WWII 