Moran Morris was born in Caddo and grew up in Duran and attended school at the now defunct Oklahoma Military Academy. He was 24 when he went to war. Moran shot down a Messerschmitt 109 in a battle over northern France on May 18, 1942.

Morris flew a Supermarine Spitfire like this one during the war.

Morris was a member of the N0. 133 American Eagle Squadron flying British made Spitfires when he got his first kill. Eagle Squadrons were made up of Americans who volunteered to fight for the British before the United States formally entered the war in December 1941.