World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Wilbert W. Potthoff
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
St Cloud, Minnesota
Honored By
Mr. Joel Steffen
Relationship
Best Man
Assigned to the 7th Material Squadron of the 19th Bombardment Group. He was involved with a truck transport unit on Mindanao Island during the defense of the Philippines. He was surrendered to Japanese forces on May 10, 1942. He was a Japanese POW in the Philippines and Japan for 39 months.