World War II Honoree

Thomas Patrick Hammond

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Groton, New York

Honored By

Patricia Hammond & Michael Hammond

Relationship

Daughter & Son

FIRST LIEUTENANT THOMAS P. HAMMOND PILOTED B-17 MISSIONS. ON MAY 8, 1944, HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER BERLIN, GERMANY. HE THEN BECAME A PRISONER OF WAR AND WAS HELD AT STALAG 3 UNTIL NEAR THE END OF THE WAR WHEN THE PRISONERS WERE FORCED MARCHED TO A PRISON CAMP NEAR NUREMBERG. AT THE END OF THE WAR HE WAS LIBERATED BY GENERAL GEORGE PATTON'S THIRD ARMORED DIVISION.