Maurice Travis Lawhorne Circle honors Lieutenant Maurice T. Lawhorne of the Army Air Force and the service and contributions of the Allied Air Forces in support of the Normandy landing and Operation Overlord. Like many who served in the Allied Forces, Lawhorne was a citizen-soldier. Drawn to the air as a boy, he set his sights on becoming a pilot, began training as an aviation cadet in 1943, and qualified as a primary pilot in 1945. As a B-24 bombardier with the 330th Bombardment Squadron, 93rd Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force, he flew thirty-two missions. His twenty-third mission directly supported the assault on Normandy, when his aircraft passed through curtains of flak to drop ten 500-pound bombs on enemy bunkers. His awards included the Distinguished Flying Cross with one Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, and the European African Middle Eastern Service Medal. Remembered as a modest man, he said of his service, “We had a job to do. We did it.” and “If you were a real American and loved your country, you were proud to do it.”