Joseph
P. Scaglione, Baton Rouge Nat. Convention 1998
Last
Name: SCAGLIONE
First
Name Middle Initial:
JOSEPH
Nick
Name:
'JOE'
Street:
494 SUMMIT ST
City
& State: NORWOOD, NJ
E-Mail:
Zip:
07648
Phone:
(201) 768-2761
Spouse:
IRENE
Conflict:
WW II
Service
Branch: Air Force
Unit:
303 BG
Theater:
ETO
Where
Captured: GERMANY
Date
Captured: 01/13/45
Camps
Held In: STALAG 13D, 7A
How
Long Interned: 106 days
Liberated
/ repatriated:liberated
Date
Liberated: 04/29/45
Age
at Capture: 21
Medals
Received: AIR MEDAL W/5 OAK LEAF CLUSTERS, POW MEDAL, GOOD
CONDUCT MEDAL, WW II VICTORY MEDAL, ETO RIBBON, AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL
Military
Job: T/SGT
Company:
SELF EMPLOYED
Occupation
after War: GARDNER
Bio:
Joseph P. Scaglione of Norwood, New Jersey was drafted into the United
States Air Force on March 3, 1943. After being drafted Mr. Scaglione
began his Basic Training in Miami Beach, FL, from there he went to Radio
School in Sioux Falls in South Dakota and then to Gunnery School in
Kingman, Arizona and finished his training at Crew Training in Pyote,
Texas from there he would go on to fly B17-G’s in England. On June
6th, 1944 Mr. Scaglione was sent to Molesworth and was assigned to the
303rd BG 427th Squadron to fly as a spare ro for 3 missions and was then
assigned to Jack Rose’s crew.
After 33 missions (all into Germany) on January 13, 1945 they were shot
down over Mannheim, Germany. The crew bailed out of there burning plane
they called " The Red" #166 and after evading immediate
capture they walked for 6 days but were finally captured near the French
Border at Pirmasens where they were taken to camps Wetzlar and Nurnburg
and were forced to march to Moosburg.
After nearly 4 months Patton’s Army liberated Mr. Scaglione on April
29th, 1945. Mr. Scaglione received the Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf
Clusters, the POW Medal, the Good Conduct, the European Middle Eastern
Campaign with 3 Bronze Stars, the American Campaign, and the World War
II Victory Medal. Mr. Scaglione was discharged on October 23rd, 1945 and
went on to work at a construction company for a few years but finally
opened his own business in Landscape Gardening and retired in 1986 and
still lives in his hometown Norwood NJ with his wife Irene.
