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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

U. M. Chandler

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Cooleemee, North Carolina

Honored By

Novaro & Jan Nichols, John J. Chandler

Relationship

Friends & Son

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

STAFF SERGEANT. BALL TURRET GUNNER WITH THE 92ND BOMB GROUP, 327TH SQUADRON, 8TH AIR FORCE. HIS B-17 CRASHED NEAR ARNHEIM, HOLLAND, WHERE HE SUFFERED A BROKEN ANKLE. PRISONER OF WAR FROM JULY 28, 1943 TO MAY 2, 1945 AT STALAG 17B IN KREMS, GERMANY. LIBERATED WITH THE 63RD ARMORED DIVISION, 3RD ARMY.