Eugene F. McSweeney (1921-2015) was a
Navy fighter pilot. McSweeney was sworn in at exercises during the Army-Chicago Bears football game at Boston on September 20, 1942. He flew 79 Hellcat sorties off the carrier USS Bataan in 1945, accruing 305 combat hours. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and five Air Medals. At war’s end his final missions involved dropping food and supplies to POW camps in Japan.