Vernam Field (locally spelled Vernamfield) is a former World War II United States Army Air Forces airfield located in Clarendon Parish, 34.3 miles (55.2 km) west-southwest of Kingston, Jamaica.

After the Armistice he was found by American forces in a hospital in Longwey, France, with another wounded aviator, Lt. Arthur C. Dineen.

He is buried in the American cemetery at St. Mihiel in Thiaucourt, France, and was posthumously awarded the Distinguished Service Cross (United States).

For material support in the allied war effort, Britain agreed to lease as potential naval and air bases to the United States at several locations in the Americas.

With the United States entry into the war in December, the primary mission of Vernam Field was antisubmarine patrols in the Northern Caribbean.

The B-29s would fly on cross-country training flights to Vernam and land at the airfield for refuelling and maintenance before returning to the Midwest.

It also became a destination for long-range Strategic Air Command fighter escort aircraft, with F-82 Twin Mustangs flying to Vernam from Kearney AFB, Nebraska then returning on cross-country training flights.