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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Henry Irving Wood

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Jacksonville, Florida

Honored By

Rick Wood

Relationship

Son

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

1ST LIEUTENANT US ARMY AIR CORPS, ASIATIC-PACIFIC THEATER, (CHINA, BURMA FRENCH INDO-CHINA). FLEW P-40'S SEVENTY-FIFTH FIGHTER SQUADRON DURING WORLD WAR II. SHOT DOWN OVER HAIPHONG OCTOBER 1, 1943. CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE. HELD AS PRISONER OF WAR, (SHANGHAI WAR PRISONER'S CAMP BARRACKS 'O' ROOM C-5 KIANGWAN, CHINA) UNTIL HIS RELEASE IN AUGUST 1945.