Print plaque Printing Tips

World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Carrol S. Woods

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Montgomery, Alabama

Honored By

Friends of American Heroes

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

A DECORATED MEMBER OF THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN. PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER GREECE IN OCTOBER 1944. WAS A PRISONER OF WAR UNTIL APRIL 1945, WHEN GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON AND HIS ARMY REACHED THE PRISONER OF WAR CAMP THERE. THE TUSKEGEE AIRMEN WERE KNOWN AS THE 'RED TAILS' FOR THE COLOR OF THE TAILS OF THEIR FIGHTERS. FLEW MORE THAN 100 MISSIONS BEFORE RETIRING FROM THE AIR FORCE. WAS AMONG THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMED FIGHTER GROUP WHO RECEIVED THE CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL AND WAS INDUCTED INTO THE ALABAMA MILITARY HALL OF FAME.