Served on “Big Ben” through many battles with the Japanese Navy in the South Pacific. “Big Ben” was badly damaged on March 19, 1945 and James H. Fleenor died along with 800 shipmates.

Second Lieutenant Fleming served with the 3rd Photographic Reconnaissance Group, 12th Reconnaissance Squadron, 12th Air Force. His brother, Carl Fleming, was killed in action on March 24, 1945. They are memorialized on a headstone in Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia. Before the war, he attended McGuire Business University and transferred to …

Served with the 787th Bomb Squadron, 466th Bomb Group. Graduated in 1941 from George Washington High School in Alexandria.

Captain Fleming served aboard the USS New Mexico BB-40. He attended Episcopal High School, the Columbia Preparatory School and graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1917. He was buried at sea but a memorial headstone resides in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.  

Lieutenant Colonel Fleming served with the 700th Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy. On a mission to Kassel, Germany, the B-24 he was piloting was shot down by small arms fire. All crew members aboard were killed. He was a John Marshall High School graduate and was employed by the …

Served with the 67th Bomb Squadron, 44th Bomb Group. He was the tail gunner aboard B-24L #41-23784 “Miss Dianne.” It was attacked by enemy aircraft over St Valery, France.

Served on the USCGC Alexander Hamilton WPG-34