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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Harry D. Powers

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Martville, New York

Honored By

Joe Feaster

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

SERVED HIS COUNTRY PROUDLY AND SACRIFICIALLY AS A TECHNICAL SERGEANT IN THE U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS; 1942-1945. HIS B-17 AIRCRAFT WAS SHOT DOWN OVER SCHWEINFURT, GERMANY ON OCTOBER 14, 1943, AND HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER. AFTER SPENDING 19 MONTHS IN STALAG 17B IN KREMS, AUSTRIA, AND BEING MARCHED 350 KILOMETERS WITHOUT FOOD OR SHELTER, HE AND HIS FELLOW PRISONERS OF WAR WERE FREED BY GENERAL GEORGE PATTON'S ARMY. HE RETURNED TO THE U.S. IN JUNE, OF 1945.