World War II Honoree

LeMoine Henry Clausen

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Blairstown, Iowa

Honored By

Cara Clausen Schmidt

Relationship

Daughter

ENLISTED 9/19/40. BASIC TRAINING AT FORT DOUGLAS, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. SENT TO FOSTER FIELD, VICTORIA, TEXAS, 9/41. BEGAN PILOT'S TRAINING (GROUND SCHOOL) IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS. CONTINUED PILOT'S TRAINING IN TULSA, OKLAHOMA AT THE SPARTAN SCHOOL OF AERONAUTICS. THEN TO BASIC FLYING SCHOOL IN COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS, AND ADVANCED FLYING SCHOOL AT MOORE FIELD, MISSION, TEXAS. GRADUATED AND WAS COMMISSIONED 6/43. FLEW B-24 AIRCRAFT, STATIONED IN SHIPDHAM, ENGLAND, FILLING IN AT THE 44TH BOMB GROUP, FLYING COMBAT. WAS SHOT DOWN OVER HOLLAND 3/15/44. CAPTURED AND A POW AT STALAG LUFT III, SAGAN, GERMANY. DEATH MARCH TO STALAG VII-A. LIBERATED 5/45.