World War II Honoree

Hugh Lee Young

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Roopville, Georgia

Honored By

Daughter

HE VOLUNTEERED FOR SERVICE AT FT. MCPHERSON AND ENTERED SERVICE ON OCTOBER 20, 1942 AT THE AGE OF 19. HE WAS STATIONED IN AFRICA, ENGLAND AND ITALY. HIS BATTLE CAMPAIGNS INCLUDED ROMANIA, YUGOSLAVIA, ALBANIA, GREECE, ITALY, FRANCE AND AUSTRIA. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 376TH BOMB GROUP, 514TH SQUADRON, 15TH AIR FORCE AND WAS AN ARMAMENT GUNNER. WHILE ON HIS 27TH MISSION HIS PLANE, A B-24, WAS SHOT DOWN ON DECEMBER 28, 1943. HE PARACHUTED OUT OF THE AIRCRAFT OVER NORTHERN ITALY AND WAS TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR AND WAS LATER SENT TO A GERMAN PRISONER OF WAR CAMP IN AUSTRIA. HE WAS HELD FOR 18 MONTHS AND WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE SERVICE ON OCTOBER 6, 1945.