World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
William John LaFitte
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
Honored By
Mrs. Vickie Wood
Relationship
Daughter
Flight Engineer. Fought in the Philippines. Captured by the Japanese. Marched in the Bataan Death March. Prisoner Of War in a Japanese Prison Camp for 3 1/2 years. While in prison the Japanese tormented, starved and killed the prisoners.