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Robert
Leonard
Colligan
Jr.
POW (WWII)

Born:

, 

New York

Robert Colligan graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1940. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Awards Received

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Army Air Forces

    Rank:

    Major (Air Corps)

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (Germany

    Action Date:

    September 1944 – May 1945

    Major (Air Corps) Robert Leonard Colligan, Jr. (ASN: 0-23095), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by German forces after he was shot down on or about 12 September 1944, and was held as a Prisoner of War until the end of hostilities in May 1945.