Veteran's History Project - Jack R. Knicely

Jack R. Knicely

Lieutenant Colonel

U.S. Air Force /

U.S. Air Force Reserve

1942-1945

1961-1981

EDITOR'S NOTE: Veteran's History Project author Larry Nelson is taking a few weeks off. During that time, we'll re-run previously published features about local veterans. The following story about Jack R. Knicely first appeared in the Sun-Telegraph on May 19, 2012.

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon in December in Lincoln, Neb. Jack Knicely was a student at the university there. An announcement had come out over the radio that Pearl Harbor had been attacked. Everything changed.

To say that the Ameri...