Henry Edward Borja
1922-1945
Born: Louisiana, United States
Died: Fort William Mckinley, Manila, The Philippines
1922-1945
Born: Louisiana, United States
Died: Fort William Mckinley, Manila, The Philippines
<p>Henry was a flight instructor in Norfolk Virginia during the early part of WWII. After witnessing a mine exploding and killing seamen loading the mine on a Navy ship in Norfolk, Henry asked for sea duty. He was assigned to th USS Franklin, where he was a navigator assigned bombing duty. It was during one of his bombing missions that Henry&#39;s aircraft was shot down and Henry became a casualty of the war. Henry&#39;s body was never recovered. Henry was an Aviation Radioman 1C USNR.