World War II Honoree

James W. Hammond

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Honored By

Mr. James P. Hammond

Relationship

Son

2ND LIEUTENANT, BOMBARDIER, B-24 LIBERATOR, 8TH AIR FORCE, 392ND BOMB GROUP. SHOT DOWN OVER SCHWEINFURT GERMANY ON 11/7/43, BAILED OUT AND WAS CAPTURED. WOUNDED MULTIPLE TIMES BY ANTI-AIRCRAFT FIRE. POW INCARCERATED AT STALAG LUFT I NEAR BARTH, GERMANY. ATTEMPTED AN ESCAPE AND WAS RE-CAPTURED. PUNISHED BY SOLITARY CONFINEMENT. LIBERATED BY THE RUSSIANS IN EARLY SPRING 1945. RECEIVED THE PURPLE HEART WITH CLUSTER AND THE AIR MEDAL. PROMOTED TO 1ST LIEUTENANT.