World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Vincent Martin Hanrahan
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Des Moines, Iowa
Honored By
Marine Veteran
SERVED WITH 450TH BOMB GROUP AS A HEAVY BOMBER PILOT. FLEW MISSIONS IN A B-24 LIBERATOR DEEP INTO GERMANY. APRIL 1945 WAS SHOT DOWN OVER BREMMER PASS AND LANDED IN SWITZERLAND. HELD AS A PRISONER BY THE SWISS UNTIL END OF WAR IN EUROPE.