World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Owen B. Pickle
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
LaFollete, Tennessee
Honored By
Louise
Relationship
Wife
MEMBER OF 27TH BOMB GROUP. FOUGHT FRONT LINES IN BATTLE OF BATAAN; WOUNDED IN ACTION. AWARDED PURPLE HEART. POW CAMPS BILIBID AND CABANATUAN LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. POW / SLAVE LABORER AT YAWATA STEEL MILLS, JAPAN AUGUST 1944 UNTIL LIBERATION.