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
Mrs. Leon Windsor
Relationship
Sister
U.S. Army Air Forces, September 1942, Pilot class of 44-A; B-24 in Texas and Boise. 459th Bomb Group to Italy. Shot down over Ploesti. POW in hospital in Vienna for one year. Released by Russians. Discharged on November 25, 1945. Purple Heart, POW, Air Medal; Rome-Arno battles.