World War II Honoree

Stanford Woodhurst, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Abbeville, South Carolina

Honored By

A Grateful American

HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT FLYING A B-26 BOMBER NAMED 'THE PISTOL PACKIN MAMA', ON 64 COMBAT MISSIONS OVER ITALY, FRANCE AND GERMANY. NEAR THE END OF THE WAR HE WAS CAPTURED WHILE ON A FORWARD RECONNAISSANCE MISSION AND WAS A PRISONER OF WAR AT OFLAG 64 AT HAMMELBURG AND STALAG VII-A AT MOOSBURG, GERMANY UNTIL LIBERATED BY THE 14TH ARMORED DIVISION IN APRIL 1945. RECIPIENT OF THE AIR MEDAL WITH SIX OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, THE FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE AVEC PALMS AND A PRESIDENTIAL DISTINGUISHED UNIT CITATION.