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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Claude L. Porter

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Traverse City, Michigan

Honored By

Claude Porter

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

B-24 Pilot, 459th Bomb Group, 756th Bomb Squadron, 15th Air Force. Shot down on raid to Ploesti, Rumania. Bailed out over Albania. Captured after evading for 17 days. Germans moved us up through Belgrade, Belfast. Taken off a boxcar in Vienna and held POW for almost 1 year. Liberated by Russians in April of 1944. Back to U.S. on V-E Day, May 8, 1945.