World War II Honoree

Bill Willis Harris

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Scottsbluff, Nebraska

Honored By

Cheryl Harris SurrattMurdock

Relationship

Daughter

HE DEVISED AND CONSTRUCTED AN AZIMUTH BOARD USED TO LOCATE SHIPS AND PLANES WHILE STATIONED IN CALIFORNIA. WAS CAPTURED NEAR NANCY, FRANCE AND WAS HELD IN A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP NEAR LIMBERG, GERMANY FOR OVER 16 MONTHS. WHILE IN FRANCE, HE WAS A LEADER OF AN INTELLIGENCE AND RECONNAISSANCE PARTY THAT DIRECTED ARTILLERY GUNS MORE THAN FIVE MILES AWAY TOWARD A TARGET WITHIN 60 FEET OF WHERE HE AND THREE MEN WERE HIDDEN. WAS AWARDED THE LEGION OF MERIT.