World War II Honoree

Vincent John Murdoch

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Brooklyn, New York

Honored By

William C. Miller

Relationship

Son-in-law

ENTERED SERVICE IN APRIL 1943; HONORABLY DISCHARGED IN OCTOBER 1945. FORWARD GUNNER ON A B-24; SURVIVED A CRASH LANDING AND SUBSEQUENT TERM IN GERMAN POW CAMPS; SURVIVED THE FORCED MARCH (GERMANS FLEEING THE RUSSIAN AND U.S. ADVANCES, DRAGGING ALONG THE PRISONERS OF WAR) THROUGHOUT EUROPE FROM JANUARY TO MAY 1945. HE WAS ALSO AN AWARD RECIPIENT OF THE AIR MEDAL, PRISONER OF WAR AND PURPLE HEART MEDALS.