World War II Honoree
World War II Veteran
Joseph G. Collins
Branch of Service
U.S. Army Air Force
Hometown
Boston, Massachusetts
Honored By
Joseph G. Collins
Enlisted on September 24, 1942. Served in the Air Corps as a navigator on B-24 Liberators flying out of Italy. Assigned to the 15th Air Force, 450th Heavy Bomb Group, 723rd Bomb Squadron. Shot down over Hungary and was a POW at Stalag 3 in Germany. Discharged on November 29, 1946.