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Richard
W.
Kruse
POW (WWII)

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War

    Action Date:

    February 26 – May 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 38545

    First Lieutenant (Air Corps) Richard W. Kruse (ASN: 0-721437), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after he was shot down on or about February 26, 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.