World War II Honoree

Karl George Goff

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Burton, Ohio

Honored By

Jacqueline S. Brockway

Relationship

Friend

ENTERED THE SERVICE IN OCTOBER 1942. WAS BASED IN ENGLAND AFTER HIS TRAINING. FLEW 23 COMBAT MISSIONS IN B-24 BOMBERS BEFORE BEING SHOT DOWN OVER GERMANY. WAS A PRISONER OF WAR IN STALAG 7A, GERMANY. LIBERATED IN APRIL 1945 BY PATTON'S ARMY. ATTAINED THE RANK OF STAFF SERGEANT. RECIPIENT OF THE AIR MEDAL WITH TWO OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, THE PURPLE HEART, AND THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE SERVICE MEDAL WITH TWO BRONZE STARS. HIS BOMB GROUP WAS AWARDED THE CROIX DE GUERRE AVEC PLUME CITATION.