Name: Gordon, Nathan Green
Year of Birth: 1916
Current Residence: Morrilton, AR
County: Conway County
War Time Duty (MOS): PBY "Black Cat" Catalina Pilot
Branch of Service: US Navy
Theater of Operation: Europe
Division: 13th Airborne Division
Regiment: Black Cats
Major Engagements: Tarawa, New Guinea. PBY Pilot, Lt.Com., Fmr. Lt.Governor, MOH

Biography: Nathan Gordon received his law degree from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville in 1939, and began practicing law in Morrilton. In May 1941, he entered the Naval Air Corps. He later qualified as a naval pilot and served more than two years in the Southwest Pacific Theater in World War II. The pilot of a fighter plane named the Arkansas Traveler in the Black Cat Squadron; Gordon received numerous citations, including the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Flying Cross.