World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Leslie F. Foppiano
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
San Mateo, California
Honored By
Leslie F. Foppiano
SERVED MARCH 1943 TO NOVEMBER 1945 WITH THE 463RD BOMB GROUP IN THE 15TH AIR FORCE. ACTIVE IN THE EUROPEAN THEATRE. AFTER COMPLETING 19 MISSIONS WAS SHOT DOWN OVER WEINER NEUSTADT, AUSTRIA MAY 10 , 1944. BECAME A POW IN GERMANY. LIBERATED MAY 1945. RECEIVED THE POW MEDAL, AIR MEDAL, DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL.