James Howard Lovell was born January 4, 1922 in Big Creek Township, Sebastian Co., Ar. to Oscar Eugene & Mary Howard Brown Lovell. March 30, 1946 married Gladys Ray Maness. Both residing in Fort Smith, Ar. at that time. February 16, 1940 James registered for the military draft at Fort Smith, Ar. October 17, 1942 at Little Rock, Ar. he enlisted in the US Army. He served with "Air Force, Air Transport Command Units". A description of that unit and what it did in WWII is given below. In August 1945 James was treated at the Aid Station Dispensary in the Azores Islands suffering from Nasopharyngitis, acute - (a bad cold). James was discharged from the service March 15, 1946. James Howard Lovell passed away August 3, 1985 and is buried in the Lavaca City Cemetery in Lavaca, Sebastian Co., Ar. Air Transport Command was a United States Air Force unit that was created during World War II as the strategic airlift component of the United States Army Air Forces. It had two main missions, the first being the delivery of supplies and equipment between the United States and the overseas combat theaters; the second was the ferrying of aircraft from the manufacturing plants in the United States to where they were needed for training or for operational use in combat. ATC also operated a worldwide air transportation system for military personnel.