World War II Honoree

William Clinton Catledge

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Madison, Florida

Honored By

William David Wilson, American Legion Post 68

He enlisted in the U.S. Army in March 1943 at Camp Blanding, Florida. He served with Company C, 10th Infantry Regiment of the 5th Infantry Division which participated in three campaigns: Normandy, Northern France, and Rhineland. He was captured by the Germans in Metz, France, spent 212 days as a Prisoner of war in Stalag 7A Moosburg, Bavaria (Work Camps 3324-46 Krumbachstrasse 48011, Work Camp 3368 Munich 48-11) and was honorably discharged on November 16, 1945 as a Corporal.