Editing Johnny Most (section)

===World War II===
As an aerial gunner on a [[Consolidated B-24 Liberator|B-24 Liberator]] he flew 28 combat missions with the [[15th Air Force#World War II|15th Air Force]] in [[World War II]], earning seven medals.

Shortly after [[Victory in Europe Day|VE Day]], as his unit broke camp in central [[Italy]], Johnny wandered up a nearby hillside to a graveyard filled with American flags, his final visit to fallen comrades before returning home to the Bronx. A prolific poet, he penned these lines:

<blockquote><poem>
I stood among the graves today and swept the scene with sight.
And the corps of men who lay beneath looked up to say good night.
The thunder still, the battle done, the fray has passed them by;
And as they rest forever more, they must be asking, 'Why?'
</poem></blockquote>