Camps
Held In: STALAG LUFT VI AND IV, NURENBURG 7A
How
Long Interned: 471 days
Liberated
/ repatriated:liberated
Date
Liberated: 04/29/45
Age
at Capture: 27
Medals
Received: PRISONER OF WAR MEDAL
Military
Job: S/SGT
Company:
THRU. CARPENTER LOCAL #715
Occupation
after War: CARPENTER
Bio:
Angelo P. Petix was a S/Sgt with the Army Air Corps during World War II.
He was 27 years old when he was shot down over France on January 14,
1944. Angelo spent 15 1/2 months in Stalg Luft VI, IV, and 7-A in
Austria.
Angelo lives in Piscataway, NJ with his wife, Louise.
Message to Future Generations:
"I was happy that I served my country to preserve our way of life
for my children and grandchildren. Also to remember those that gave
their lives, and to know that their lives were not lost in vain."
