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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Friend
Honored by:
Mr. Manuel T. Katsarelis
Entered US Army 9.18.1942
Attended Arial Gunnery School
Armorer School, Salt Lake City, Utah
8th US Air Corps Right waist gunner
Combat in England – 381st Bomb Group, 533rd Squadron
Shot down 8.17.43 on the Schweinfurt Raid. 13th mission.
Captured 8.19.1943
Went to Stalag 7A and then to Stalag 17B
On forced march to Brennan Germany, 200 miles.
Military rank S/Sgt. Air medal w/Oak Leaf Cluster, Purple heart.
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