World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Clarence Gibson
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Pennington Gap, Virginia
Honored By
Joseph Vincent Kelly III
Relationship
Family Friend
SERVED IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATRE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS. CAPTURED BY THE JAPANESE AND SURVIVED THE BATAAN DEATH MARCH. LATER WAS HELD AT THE OSAKA MAIN CAMP, CHIKKO OSAKA, WHERE HE WAS LIBERATED AT WAR'S END.