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

    Action Date:

    November 5, 1944 – May 1945

    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 40537

    Second Lieutenant (Air Corps) John J. Cottier (ASN: 0-710819), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after his aircraft was shot down on or about November 5, 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.