Colonel John J. Voll of Goshen, Ohio, was the highest scoring ace of the 15th U.S. Army Air Force in the Mediterranean theater of World War II and ranked second among Ohio’s Army Air Force aces. As a captain flying a P-51 Mustang fighter plane, he was credited with twenty-one aerial victories. In one battle, his superior skill enabled him to maneuver three enemy aircraft into crashes without firing a shot. On another mission, flying solo, he had four confirmed kills, two probables, and damaged two additional enemy planes. After the war, the 1940 Goshen High School graduate returned to his alma mater and taught school for two years. In 1948 he re-entered the military, served in both the Korean and Vietnam wars, and retired in 1974 after thirty-two years of military service.