Dale Thornton

Dale Thornton
Era WWII
Branch U.S. Army Air Force
Rank First Lieutenant
Military Decorations Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Wall H
Wall Side 1
Row 1
Plaque Number 7

MEDALS-RIBBONS: Bronze Star, Purple Heart, B-17 Pilot, Air Medal w/Cluster, Prisoner of War, American Campaign, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign, World War Il Victory

Flew 17 combat missions; shot down over Germany, captured, POW, liberated by General Patton and his 14th Armored Division at Moosburg, Germany.

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