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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Eugene K. Ralph, Sr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Swanton, Vermont

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

HAD FLIGHT TRAINING IN PHOENIX, ARIZONA AND SAW ACTION IN WWII AS A COPILOT OF A B-17 BOMBER. AFTER FLYING A NUMBER OF MISSIONS, ON JANUARY 24, 1944 HIS PLANE CRASH LANDED ON A BEACH IN ALBANIA WHERE HE AND THE REST OF THE B-17 CREW WERE CAPTURED BY THE ENEMY. HE WAS PRISONER OF WAR AT STALAG LUFT 1 IN BARTH, GERMANY, ON THE BALTIC SEA, UNTIL BEING LIBERATED IN 1945.