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Wall of Honor Level:
Air and Space Friend

Honored by:
Ms. Iris Elliot

SAMUEL (nmi) SHEPARD 01998600
ENLISTED U.S.AIR FORCE CADETS Sept. 22 1942
Completed training June 1944. BOMBARDIER
Joined 8th AIR FORCE JUNE 1944
401st BOMB GROUP
613 SQUADRON DEANTHORPE, ENGLAND
Granted 2nd LT. Commission SEPT 1944
21 MISSIONS over GERMANY
SHOT down, plane exploded, bailed out, and captured Nov .21 1944 at
MERSBERG GERMANY
P.O.W. STALAG LUFT 111 NOV 24, 1944 to JAN27, 1945
FORCED 200 hundred mile march from SAGAN to SPREMBERG then to
MOOSEBERG GERMANY. RESCUED APRIL 29 1945 by GENERAL GEORGE PATTON
AWARDED MEDALS:
AIR MEDALS WITH CLUSTERS
POW MEDAL
BRONZE BATTLE STAR
E.A.M.E.T. RIBBON 4 battle stars
GOOD CONDUCT
SHARPSHOOTER MEDAL
DISCHARGED OCT 21 1945
Married Dorothy Shepard. Father of three children. Resides in West Bloomfield, Michigan, outside of Detroit.