World War II Honoree

Claude D. Everts

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Fairhaven, Vermont

Honored By

M. J. Lynett

SERVED UNDER GENERAL GEORGE PATTON AS A FLIGHT ENGINEER IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. HE WAS MOST PROUD OF HIS ROLE IN THE RESCUE OF THE LIPIZZANER STALLIONS FROM AUSTRIA. THIS DANGEROUS MISSION WAS BOTH HUMANITARIAN AND TACTICAL IN NATURE.