Navy Federal Credit Union

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Marine Corps

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Japan)

    Action Date:

    March 18, 1944 – September 1945

    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Second Lieutenant John P. Stodd (MCSN: 0-30887), United States Marine Corps, was captured by the Japanese when he was shot down in the Pacific on 18 March 1944, and was held as a Prisoner of War until returned to U.S. Military control at the end of the war.