FUHS 1940
Jesse Arthur "Art" Bacon was born on October 13, 1920 at home in Fullerton, California, the son of Jessie Monroe Bacon (1890-1975) and Lena Pauline (Zimmerman) Bacon (1890-1954) of 212 East Chapman Avenue.

He graduated from Fullerton Union High School in 1940 and was married on June 27, 1942 to his high school sweetheart Dorothy Alice Belyea (1921-2005).

On October 7, 1942, Art enlisted in the US Army Air Corps and was in Roswell, New Mexico before being stationed in Las Vegas, Nevada as a flying engineer on the B-17 aircraft, which eventually put him in the South Pacific with the 5th Air Force during World War II.

After the war Art worked as a letter carrier for the Fullerton Post Office, and he served as a volunteer fireman for the Fullerton Fire Department.
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