World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Stanley Joseph Podolak
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Easthampton, Massachusetts
Honored By
Virginia J. Podolak, Stanis & Camille
Relationship
Wife & Daughters
SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. PILOTED B-24 LIBERATOR BOMBERS. FLEW MANY COMBAT MISSIONS AND PARTICIPATED IN THE PLOESTI AIR RAID ON THE RUMANIAN OIL FIELDS. SHOT DOWN AND CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS. SPENT 18 MONTHS AS A POW IN STALAG LUFT I.