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Cyril
C.
Stidd
POW (WWII)

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Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    World War II
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 26800

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Cyril C. Stidd (ASN: 0-741946), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after he was shot down during World War II, and was held as a prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in May 1945.

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps)

    Division:

    U.S. Army Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations

    Action Date:

    January 19, 1943
    Headquarters, U.S. Army Forces in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, General Orders No. 104 (September 19, 1945)

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Cyril C. Stidd (ASN: 0-741946), United States Army Air Forces, for gallantry in action against the enemy while serving as Pilot of a B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber of the U.S. Army Forces, Mediterranean Theater of Operations, in aerial operations in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, on or about 19 January 1943. The gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty demonstrated by First Lieutenant Stidd, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army Air Forces.