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Phillips
Eastman
Jr.
POW (WWII)

Born:

, 

California

Phillips Eastman graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of June 1943.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    January – May 1945

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Phillips Eastman, Jr. (ASN: 0-26082), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after he was shot down on or about 13 January 1945, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in May 1945.