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Vernon
R.
Huber
POW (Korea)

Home:

Mandan

, 

North Dakota

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant

    Batallion:

    9th Fighter-Bomber Squadron

    Regiment:

    49th Fighter-Bomber Group

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (North Korea)

    Action Date:

    May 16, 1952 – September 3, 1953
    NARA Database: Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War, 7/5/1950 – 10/6/1954

    First Lieutenant Vernon R. Huber (AFSN: 0-20506), United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 16 May 1952, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 3 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war.