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Clarence
Bidgood
POW (WWII)

Born:

, 

Wisconsin

Charles Bidgood graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1935. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Corps of Engineers)

    Batallion:

    71st Engineer Battalion

    Division:

    Philippine Army

    Action Date:

    1942
    United States Military Academy Register of Graduates

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Clarence Bidgood (ASN: 0-19777), United States Army, was awarded the Legion of Merit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States as Commanding Officer, 71st Engineer Battalion, Philippine Army, in the Philippine Islands in 1942.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Corps of Engineers)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Philippine Islands)

    Action Date:

    1942 – 1945

    Lieutenant Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Clarence Bidgood (ASN: 0-19777), United States Army, was captured by the Japanese after the fall the Philippine Islands in 1942, and was held as a Prisoner of War until his return to U.S. Military control at the end of hostilities in August 1945.

  • Legion of Merit

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Colonel (Corps of Engineers)

    Division:

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

    Action Date:

    October 1961 – October 1963
    Department of the Army, General Orders No. 52 (December 18, 1963)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, 20 July 1942, takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Legion of Merit to Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Clarence Bidgood (ASN: 0-19777), United States Army, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the Government of the United States with National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) , from October 1961 to October 1963.