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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Gerald Fabian Foretich

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Gulfport, Mississippi

Honored By

Richard Lewis Blanton, Jr.

Relationship

Neighbor

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

RADIO OPERATOR ON BOEING B-17 FLYING FORTRESS HEAVY BOMBER. ASSIGNED TO 384TH BOMB GROUP, 545TH BOMB SQUADRON, FIRST DIVISION STATIONED AT GRAFTON-UNDERWOOD, ENGLAND. SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY AND CAPTURED. ONE OF THREE SURVIVORS OF HIS CREW. IMPRISONED AT STALAG LUFT I AT BARTH, GERMANY UNTIL LIBERATED IN 1945.