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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Harry Virdon Cress

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Atlantic City, New Jersey

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

SERVED IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. AT THE AGE OF 23 HE PARTICIPATED IN EIGHT AERIAL COMBAT MISSIONS. DURING ONE AERIAL MISSION OVER VIENNA HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN, BEING INJURED HE WAS TAKEN PRISONER AND WAS A PRISONER OF WAR FROM SEPTEMBER 1944 UNTIL APRIL 1945 AT STALAG 17.