Today’s #VeteranOfTheDay is Army Air Corps Veteran Ellwood Lee Frum. Ellwood served during World War II from 1942 to 1945.
Ellwood was born November 1923 in Morgantown, West Virginia. He worked in a steel mill in Pennsylvania before enlisting in the Army Air Corps on 22 August 1942 as an airplane engine mechanic. Ellwood spent three months training in Dallas and then was stationed with the 350th Bomb Squadron, 100th Bomb Group out of Thorpe Abbotts base in England. He recalls being treated nicely by the local population during his time in London and being terrified the first time German bombs hit the airfield. On April 1945, he was on a mission to transport POW’s from Austria back to France and was released from service on October 11, 1945.
During his service, Ellwood earned two France foreign medals, the Jubilee of Liberty and the Croix de Guerre. He was also awarded the Distinguished Unit Citation, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign and a Good Conduct Medal. Ellwood passed away on December 2006.
We honor his service.
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Veterans History Project
This #VeteranOfTheDay profile was created with interviews submitted to the Veterans History Project. The project collects, preserves, and makes accessible the personal accounts of American war Veterans so that future generations may hear directly from Veterans and better understand the realities of war. Find out more at http://www.loc.gov/vets/.
Graphic By Lilian Vo: Lilian Vo is an undergraduate senior at George Mason University studying Global Affairs and Intelligence Analysis.
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