This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wight Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4160 Message Board Post: THE SIDNEY ARGUS - HERALD. June 22, 1944. "Pilot Decorated At Ft. Logan, Colo." -- A 27 year old fighter pilot from Thurman, Iowa, who flew 37 missions in the southwest Pacific, Wednesday was to receive the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster at a special Flag day retreat parade at Fort Logan. Lt. Joseph M. Wight, who piloted a P-39 in the Solomons, was to be presented with the award by Col.. W. M. Cravens, commanding officer at Fort Logan convalescent center. Lt. Wight is the first officer to be so honored while convalescing at Logan. The son of Mrs. Nettie Wight of Thurman, Iowa, he was cited for "meritorious achievement in sustained combat operational missions." Asked which one was the most exciting, he declared, "They were all exciting in that theatre of operations."--Taken from the Denver Post of June 14, 1944