I thought I would share this with everyone, WWII vets honored last week at the VT State Capital. Including two POW's! It touched me, and I'm sure many here will feel the same way. I would be curious to know if anyone is familiar with the units these men served in, or know anyone that served with them. The following is an excerpt of the Governors statement honoring these vets:

Also honored at the State of the State Address were members of the Greatest Generation, those who, like Governor Scott’s father, Howard, served in World War II. These heroes, and others like them, saved the Free World, and set the stage for democracy to expand over the course of the 20th Century and into the 21st. Those present include members of the Barre American legion Post, Governor Scott’s hometown.
They include:
• Eusebio “Joe” Aja, Montpelier, VT - U.S. Navy, USS Cadmus AR-14
• Robert Campo, Sr., Barre, VT - U.S. Navy, USS LSM-67
• George Shirlock, East Barre, VT - U.S. Army, 756 Tank Battalion

Vermont’s World War II Prisoner’s of War were also invited. Attendees include:
• Clyde Cassidy, Calais, VT - U.S. Army, 36 Infantry Division, P.O.W.
o PFC Cassidy served in North Africa and Italy. While stationed in Italy at a river crossing, he was attacked and captured by the Germans. He was sent to a working farm near the Baltic Sea and was in captivity for 15 months.
• Richard Hamilton, Marlboro, VT - U.S. Army Air Corps, 8th Air Force, 91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron, P.O.W.
o While on his 9th mission to Leipzig, Germany on July 20, 1944, Hamilton’s plane was shot down. He bailed from the plane and landed in a wheat field near a farmhouse. He was captured, processed and taken to Stalag Luft IV in German occupied Poland. In February 1945 he and fellow prisoners were forced to march for 77 days. He was liberated in April of 1945