DeShazer, Jacob Daniel "Jake"

Date of birth:: November 15th, 1912 (West Stayton/Oregon, United States)
Date of death:: March 15th, 2008 (Salem/Oregon, United States)
Service number:: 6584514
Nationality:: American

Biography

Jacob DeShazer took part in the Dollittle-Raid and then became a Prisoner-of-War to the Japanese.

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Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)
Rank:: Staff Sergeant
Unit:: 34th Bombardment Squadron, 17th Bombardment Group, U.S. Army Air Forces

Purple Heart

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Good Conduct Medal - Army

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

American Campaign Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

American Defence Service Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

World War Two Victory Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Prisoner of War Medal

Period:: Second World War (1939-1945)

Sergeant Jacob D. DeShazer (ASN: 6584514), United States Army Air Forces, was captured by Japanese forces after his aircraft was shot down on or about May 22, 1945 and was held as a Prisoner of War until his release from captivity after the end of hostilities in September 1945.