Highly decorated World War II pilot John Furrer of Manteca’s Del Webb community is among 100 veterans departing Friday on a Northern California Honor Flight to Washington, D.C, to visit the memorials at the nation’s capital. Furrer was drafted into the Army Air Corps as a buck private in World War II just one month after the attack on Pearl Harbor and reached the rank of Lt. Colonel in the Korean Campaign. He had worked as a welder at the shipyards right out of Fremont High School until he got his draft notice.Furrer said when the Army was putting him through a potential classification selection screening he voiced his interest in flying and said he thought he would like to be a paratrooper.