Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant (Air Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    April 11, 1944 – May 1945

    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 34861

    Second Lieutenant (Air Corps) George R. Skelton (ASN: 0-800783), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after he was shot down on or about April 11, 1944 and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control at the end of hostilities in May 1945.