World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Broderick Crawford
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honored By
Joe Arsena
Enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces. Assigned to the Armed Forces Network, he was sent to Britain in 1944 as a Sergeant and served as an announcer for the Glenn Miller Army Air Forces Band. He was one of two announcers on Miller's weekly program "I Sustain the Wings" and all radio programs kept our 8th Air Force bomb groups' morale high that were stationed in England. SAW ACTION AT THE BATTLE OF THE BULGE.