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Horace
R.
Carman
POW (Korea)

Home:

Tulsa

, 

Oklahoma

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Air Force

    Rank:

    Captain

    Batallion:

    182d Fighter-Bomber Squadron

    Regiment:

    136th Fighter-Bomber Wing

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (North Korea)

    Action Date:

    December 6, 1951 – September 10, 1953
    NARA Database: Repatriated Korean Conflict Prisoners of War, 7/5/1950 – 10/6/1954

    Captain Horace R. Carman (AFSN: 0-2094651), United States Air Force, was captured by communist forces after he was shot down over North Korea on 6 December 1951, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release on 10 September 1953, during Operation Big Switch at the end of the war.