World War II Honoree

Oscar Joseph Anderson

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Lincoln, Nebraska

Honored By

Stephen D. Anderson

Relationship

Son

LT. OSCAR JOSEPH (JOE) ANDERSON WAS A B-24 PILOT IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS. ON A BOMBING RUN ON APRIL 29, 1944, WHILE HITTING GERMAN NAVAL INSTALLATIONS IN TOULON, FRANCE, HIS PLANE AND CREW WERE SHOT DOWN OVER THE MEDITERRANEAN AND LATER CAPTURED BY GERMAN FORCES. HELD AS A PRISONER OF WAR (MOSTLY IN STALAG LUFT III IN SAGAN) UNTIL LIBERATED ON APRIL 29, 1945 AT STALAG LUFT VII-A BY ELEMENTS OF GENERAL GEORGE PATTON'S THIRD ARMY.