Charles Peter O'Sullivan

He joined the United States Army on February 12, 1941, as an aviation cadet. He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Air Forces on September 21, 1941, at Brooks Field and was subsequently transferred to Mitchel Air Force Base, New York. During World War II, he flew 178 combat missions with 400 combat hours, shot down five enemy aircraft and became a flying ace.^[1] He was stationed at Port Moresby.^[3]

He became the first commander of the 308th Strategic Missile Wing of the Strategic Air Command at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, which had oversight of 18 LGM-25C Titan II intercontinental ballistic missile launch sites. His unit was on heightened alert during the Cuban Missile Crisis.^[1]

He received the Silver Star, Legion of Merit and Distinguished Flying Cross. In 1968, he retired as a colonel. In 1998, he was inducted into the Arkansas Aviation Hall of Fame.^[1]

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