Son of Robert Jackson Worley and Freda Russell Worley.
A descendant of the pioneers who first explored and settled in Western North Caroina immediately following the Revolutionary War. His direct lineage stemmed from Captain William Moore, who after service iin the Continental Army, was credited with being the first settler west of the French Broad River.
Husband of Geana Elizabeth Case Worley, who died in 2009.
A volunteer enlistee in the U. S. Army Air Corp, in WWII.
Graduated Cadet School, earned three sets of Air Corps Wings; Aerial Gunner, Navigator, and Bombardier. Assigned to the South Pacific Teeater of War when Japanese military expansion was at its height. Flew 80 combat missions in WWII and in the Korean Conflict. His services rendered earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with four clusters, nine Battle Stars, as well as the Presidential Citation of the United States, the Phillippine Republic, and the Republic of Korea.
After WWII, he entered the trategic Air Command (SAC) in the era fraught with Cold War tensions when the U. S. responded to U.S.S.R. actions by keeping long-range bombers of A-bomb Capability aloft around the clock. During his SAC service, he survived a flaming B-29 crash by parachuting to safety.
Advanced from the rank of Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel, the rank he held at retirement.
Graduate of Biltmore College (now UNCA), and of the U.S. Air Force Training Command as a meteorologist. Served in the capacity until he retired as Chief, Air Weather Service, Data Processing Division at Asheville, in 1973.
A descendant of the pioneers who first explored and settled in Western North Caroina immediately following the Revolutionary War. His direct lineage stemmed from Captain William Moore, who after service iin the Continental Army, was credited with being the first settler west of the French Broad River.
Husband of Geana Elizabeth Case Worley, who died in 2009.
A volunteer enlistee in the U. S. Army Air Corp, in WWII.
Graduated Cadet School, earned three sets of Air Corps Wings; Aerial Gunner, Navigator, and Bombardier. Assigned to the South Pacific Teeater of War when Japanese military expansion was at its height. Flew 80 combat missions in WWII and in the Korean Conflict. His services rendered earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with four clusters, nine Battle Stars, as well as the Presidential Citation of the United States, the Phillippine Republic, and the Republic of Korea.
After WWII, he entered the trategic Air Command (SAC) in the era fraught with Cold War tensions when the U. S. responded to U.S.S.R. actions by keeping long-range bombers of A-bomb Capability aloft around the clock. During his SAC service, he survived a flaming B-29 crash by parachuting to safety.
Advanced from the rank of Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel, the rank he held at retirement.
Graduate of Biltmore College (now UNCA), and of the U.S. Air Force Training Command as a meteorologist. Served in the capacity until he retired as Chief, Air Weather Service, Data Processing Division at Asheville, in 1973.
Son of Robert Jackson Worley and Freda Russell Worley.
A descendant of the pioneers who first explored and settled in Western North Caroina immediately following the Revolutionary War. His direct lineage stemmed from Captain William Moore, who after service iin the Continental Army, was credited with being the first settler west of the French Broad River.
Husband of Geana Elizabeth Case Worley, who died in 2009.
A volunteer enlistee in the U. S. Army Air Corp, in WWII.
Graduated Cadet School, earned three sets of Air Corps Wings; Aerial Gunner, Navigator, and Bombardier. Assigned to the South Pacific Teeater of War when Japanese military expansion was at its height. Flew 80 combat missions in WWII and in the Korean Conflict. His services rendered earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with four clusters, nine Battle Stars, as well as the Presidential Citation of the United States, the Phillippine Republic, and the Republic of Korea.
After WWII, he entered the trategic Air Command (SAC) in the era fraught with Cold War tensions when the U. S. responded to U.S.S.R. actions by keeping long-range bombers of A-bomb Capability aloft around the clock. During his SAC service, he survived a flaming B-29 crash by parachuting to safety.
Advanced from the rank of Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel, the rank he held at retirement.
Graduate of Biltmore College (now UNCA), and of the U.S. Air Force Training Command as a meteorologist. Served in the capacity until he retired as Chief, Air Weather Service, Data Processing Division at Asheville, in 1973.
A descendant of the pioneers who first explored and settled in Western North Caroina immediately following the Revolutionary War. His direct lineage stemmed from Captain William Moore, who after service iin the Continental Army, was credited with being the first settler west of the French Broad River.
Husband of Geana Elizabeth Case Worley, who died in 2009.
A volunteer enlistee in the U. S. Army Air Corp, in WWII.
Graduated Cadet School, earned three sets of Air Corps Wings; Aerial Gunner, Navigator, and Bombardier. Assigned to the South Pacific Teeater of War when Japanese military expansion was at its height. Flew 80 combat missions in WWII and in the Korean Conflict. His services rendered earned him the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal with four clusters, nine Battle Stars, as well as the Presidential Citation of the United States, the Phillippine Republic, and the Republic of Korea.
After WWII, he entered the trategic Air Command (SAC) in the era fraught with Cold War tensions when the U. S. responded to U.S.S.R. actions by keeping long-range bombers of A-bomb Capability aloft around the clock. During his SAC service, he survived a flaming B-29 crash by parachuting to safety.
Advanced from the rank of Lieutenant to Lieutenant Colonel, the rank he held at retirement.
Graduate of Biltmore College (now UNCA), and of the U.S. Air Force Training Command as a meteorologist. Served in the capacity until he retired as Chief, Air Weather Service, Data Processing Division at Asheville, in 1973.
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