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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Joseph A. Evers

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Little Chute, Wisconsin

Honored By

Joan Mignon

Relationship

Daughter

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

BEGAN ACTIVE SERVICE ON FEBRUARY 2, 1943. MEMBER OF THE 324TH BOMB SQUADRON, 91ST BOMB GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE. TAIL GUNNER ON A B-17. ON HIS 12TH MISSION, HIS PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN OVER HAMBURG, GERMANY ON JUNE 20, 1944. PARACHUTED FROM THE PLANE AND WAS THE ONLY SURVIVOR. HELD PRISONER OF WAR UNTIL MAY 2, 1945. SEPARATED ON OCTOBER 26, 1945.