World War II Honoree

Charles Clement Harpin, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Waterbury, Connecticut

Honored By

Beulah I. White Harpin

Relationship

Wife

AERIAL GUNNER ON A B-24, IN 8TH AIR FORCE STATIONED IN ENGLAND. ON APRIL 12,1944 ON HIS 13TH MISSION HE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER BELGIUM. BAILED OUT AND ELUDED CAPTURE FOR 2 WEEKS WITH THE HELP OF THE MARQUIS UNDERGROUND. AFTER BEING CAPTURED, WAS TAKEN TO THE CIDADEL IN LIEGE, BELGIUM. HELD THERE FOR 3 MONTHS. TRANSFERRED BY TRAIN TO KASGROW, POLAND, WHERE HE WAS IN TURNED AT STALAG LUFT 4. THERE FOR 1 YEAR. WENT ON THE 680 MILE DEATH MARCH THROUGH GERMANY. LIBERATED BY AMERICAN TROOPS AT THE ELBE RIVER IN MAY 1945.