Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany)

    Action Date:

    February 25, 1945 – May 1945

    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 38508

    Sergeant J. R. Christopherson (ASN: 36871338), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German Forces after he was shot down on February 25, 1945 and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military Control at the end of hostilities in May 1945.