Gallery

WWII Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross & Air Medal with 2 Gold Stars

WWII Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross & Air Medal with 2 Gold Stars

Technically awarded 1945. Actual Ceremony 1993.
Grumman Avenger TBF Cockpit

Grumman Avenger TBF Cockpit

1945
Grumman Avenger Squadron VMTB-242

Grumman Avenger Squadron VMTB-242

1945
Byron Playing Chess on Iwo Jima after the Battle

Byron Playing Chess on Iwo Jima after the Battle

1945
1st Lieutenant USMC

1st Lieutenant USMC

1945
Byron On The Beach at Iwo Jima ~ After the Fighting

Byron On The Beach at Iwo Jima ~ After the Fighting

1945
Byron and his Grumman Avenger TBF on Tinian

Byron and his Grumman Avenger TBF on Tinian

October 1944
Byron during his Jackson Pollack painting phase

Byron during his Jackson Pollack painting phase

1959
Byron flying his TBF in formation Bougainville

Byron flying his TBF in formation Bougainville

April 1944
Byron on Espiritu Santo

Byron on Espiritu Santo

March 1944
Mary in her 20s

Mary in her 20s

1949
Naval Aviator

Naval Aviator

1943
USMCR Captain

USMCR Captain

1951
USMC Reserve

USMC Reserve

1949
A Day at the Beach 1

A Day at the Beach 1

1949
A Day at the Beach 2

A Day at the Beach 2

1949
A Day at the Beach 3

A Day at the Beach 3

1949
A Day at the Beach 4

A Day at the Beach 4

1949
Avid Skier

Avid Skier

1941
Born for Each Other

Born for Each Other

1949
BWM dashing at 21

BWM dashing at 21

1943
BWM Glamour Shots

BWM Glamour Shots

1949
BWM, His Mother and Aunt Phoebe

BWM, His Mother and Aunt Phoebe

1942
Byron and Son Pasadena

Byron and Son Pasadena

1954
Byron, Byron and Cathye

Byron, Byron and Cathye

1953
Byron in Oregon

Byron in Oregon

1947
Byron in the Pacific

Byron in the Pacific

1945
Lieutenant Byron W. Mayo Age 21, USMC Pilot

Lieutenant Byron W. Mayo Age 21, USMC Pilot

1943
Byron on Tinian with Captured Sword

Byron on Tinian with Captured Sword

1944
Father and Son - Pasadena

Father and Son – Pasadena

1954
Mary

Mary

1945
Mary and Byron W. Mayo - Happy Newlyweds in Pasadena

Mary and Byron W. Mayo – Happy Newlyweds in Pasadena

1950
Mary Bovee (Mayo) Leaping

Mary Bovee (Mayo) Leaping

1942
Mary Queen of Rose Festival

Mary Queen of Rose Festival

1949
Mr. Dashing at 21

Mr. Dashing at 21

1943
Navy Air Cadet

Navy Air Cadet

1942
Tinian with Captured Sword

Tinian with Captured Sword

1944
Washing his Studebaker Seattle

Washing his Studebaker Seattle

1945
Byron and Crew

Byron and Crew

1944
VTMB Squadron 242 at Sea

VTMB Squadron 242 at Sea

1944
Byron in TBF Cockpit

Byron in TBF Cockpit

1944