World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
James M. Wood
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Tunica, Mississippi
Honored By
Jean Castellaw Royer
Relationship
Friend
SERVED AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT, FLIGHT ENGINEER AND TOP TURRET GUNNER ON A B-17. SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS WITH THE 95TH BOMB GROUP, 334TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH AIR FORCE. SHOT DOWN IN A BERLIN RAID AND TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR FOR 15 MONTHS.