Lieutenant John B. Rainey (NSN: 0-85927), United States Navy, was captured by Japanese forces after he was shot down on 11 August 1945, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in September 1945.
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POW (WWII)
Home:
Houston
,
Texas
Awards Received
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Prisoner of War Medal
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Distinguished Flying Cross
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Prisoner of War Medal
Service:
United States NavyRank:
LieutenantDivision:
Prisoner of War (Japan)Action Date:
August 11, 1945 – September 1945
NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947 -
Distinguished Flying Cross
Service:
United States NavyRank:
LieutenantBatallion:
Patrol Bombing Squadron 121 (VPB-121)Action Date:
March 7 – August 11, 1945
Bureau of Naval Personnel Information Bulletin No. 350 (May 1946)(Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant John B. Rainey (NSN: 0-85927), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as Commander of a Patrol Bomber in Patrol Bombing Squadron ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE (VPB-121), over Wake and Ponape Islands, Iwo Jima, Chichi Jima, and Japan, from 7 March 1945 to 11 August 1945.