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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Edmund S. Goulder

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Cleveland, Ohio

Honored By

Bend Heroes Foundation

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Activity During WWII

VOLUNTEERED FOR ARMY AIR FORCES FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO ON DECEMBER 7, 1941 FOLLOWING THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR. SERVED AS A B-17 BOMBER PILOT IN THE 547TH BOMB SQUADRON, 384TH BOMB GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE. SHOT DOWN OVER BELGIUM ON HIS 23RD MISSION IN 1943. PARACHUTED SAFELY AND WAS CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS AFTER PREVIOUSLY ALLUDING CAPTURE WITH ASSISTANCE OF THE FRENCH UNDERGROUND. SPENT 17 MONTHS AS A PRISONER OF WAR IN STALAG LUFT I AND LIBERATED BY THE RUSSIANS IN MAY, 1945.