Joseph L. Burns

Joseph L. Burns
Era WWII
Branch U.S. Army Air Force
Rank Technical Sergeant
Military Decorations Purple Heart
Wall EE
Wall Side 1
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Plaque Number 11

Joe Burns served as Flight Engineer-Top Turret Gunner aboard B-17 "Lopn' Lobo" 401st Bomb Group-613th Squadron. Shot down over Europe, he survived torture and starvation as a POW. Joe also survived the 90-day Black Death March.

MEDALS-RIBBONS: Good Conduct, American Campaign, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign, WWII, Prisoner of War

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