World War II Honoree

Wayne Bill C. Clark

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Dorchester, Nebraska

Honored By

Warren R. Miller, MD

Relationship

Friend

HE ENTERED THE ARMY IN 1941 FROM ROTC IN COLLEGE AND TRAINED AT FORT MEADE, MARYLAND AND OTHER CAMPS BEFORE BEING SENT TO SOUTHERN FRANCE. HE WAS CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS WHILE CROSSING THE MOSELL RIVER IN SEPTEMBER 1944 AND DECLARE MISSING IN ACTION. THEN JUST PRIOR TO CHRISTMAS 1944, HE WAS DECLARED A PRISONER OF WAR. HE WAS LIBERATED IN APRIL 1945, HAVING BEEN STARVED, MISTREATED AND HAVING LOST OVER 80 POUNDS. HE WAS HONORABLY DISCHARGED. HE SERVED FROM 1941 UNTIL 1945 .