World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Rudolph Oswald
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Honored By
Ms. Joan Oswald
Relationship
Wife
Served in the 15th Air Force, 340th Bomb Squadron, 97th Bomb Group stationed in Bari, Italy. He was also a prisoner of war in Germany around Stettin in Stalag Luft 3 near the baltic sea. He was shot down and captured in Hungary while flying in a B-17. Walked 700 miles over Europe in a Death march from Stettin, Germany to Belgium without any food sleeping in open fields and barns.