World War II Honoree

Gerald E. Whitman

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Wadsworth, Ohio

Honored By

Mrs. Alice I. Whitman

Relationship

Wife

SERVED WITH THE 457TH BOMB GROUP, U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS. RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART, AIR MEDAL WITH TWO OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, FOUR BRONZE STARS, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN THEATRE RIBBON AND OVERSEAS SERVICE BAR. AS A RADIOMAN ON A B-17G, WAS SHOT DOWN BY THE GERMANS AND WAS A PRISONER OF WAR AT STALAG LUFT 1 IN BARTH, GERMANY FOR NINE MONTHS UNTIL LIBERATED BY THE RUSSIANS AT THE END OF THE WAR.