World War II Honoree

Howard Ervin Moody

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Fork, South Carolina

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE DURING THE WAR. SERVED OVERSEAS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER AS A GUNNER ABOARD B-17 'FLYING FORTRESS' BOMBER AIRCRAFT. HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN DURING A MISSION OVER OCCUPIED FRANCE. ALTHOUGH WOUNDED, HE ESCAPED THE CRASH AND WAS RESCUED BY FRENCH FARMERS. HE LATER WAS CAPTURED BY GERMAN FORCES AND TAKEN TO A PRISONER OF WAR CAMP WHERE HE REMAINED UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR. AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART, AIR MEDAL, PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AFTER THE WAR AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.