World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Alan Howard Hissem
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Huntington, West Virginia
Honored By
Leslie A. Hissem & Alan H. Hissem, Jr.
Relationship
Children
SERVED WITH THE 8TH AIR FORCE, 96TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, 339TH BOMBER SQUAD (H) BASED OUT OF SNETTERTON HEATH, ENGLAND. NAVIGATOR, FLEW 2 B-17 BOMBING MISSIONS OVER GERMANY MARCH 1943. SHOT DOWN OVER BALINGEN, GERMANY MARCH 16, 1943 AND TAKEN AS PRISONER OF WAR. REMAINED AS POW IN STALAG LUFT III, SAGAN, GERMANY UNTIL MAY 1945. AWARDED: THE LEGION OF MERIT, BRONZE STAR, MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, AIR MEDAL, JOINT SERVICE COMMENDATION MEDAL, AIR FORCE OUTSTANDING UNIT, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL.