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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

William C. Behnke

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Evansville, Indiana

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

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Activity During WWII

HE JOINED THE NATIONAL GUARD AS A STUDENT AND WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ARMY AIR FORCES AT THE BEGINNING OF WWII. HE SPENT 5 YEARS IN THE PACIFIC THEATER AS A FIGHTER SQUADRON COMMANDER AND PARTICIPATED IN A 1945 RAID THAT RESCUED 500 U.S. PRISONERS FROM A JAPANESE PRISONER CAMP IN CABANATUAN, PHILIPPINES.