World War II Honoree

Clifford Edsel Nottingham

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Paradise, Payne County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

ENTERED MILITARY SERVICE IN 1943. SERVED AS A MEMBER OF THE SIGNAL CORPS IN THE EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATER IN NORTH AFRICA, FRANCE, GERMANY AND AUSTRIA. LATE IN THE WAR, HE SPENT SEVERAL DAYS HIDING OUT ON A FARM WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY STRAYED ACROSS THE FRONT LINES ON HIS MOTORCYCLE. HE WAS TAKEN AS A PRISONER OF WAR (POW) AND SPENT THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF THE WAR IN AUSTRIA IN CAPTIVITY UNTIL REPATRIATED BY AMERICAN FORCES. AWARDED THE PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL, GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.