American Military News BY
World War II Veteran, Army Sgt. Archie Thomas will turn 100 on July 13 and he has a special request: 100 birthday cards.
Thomas is a resident of Watkins-Logan Texas State Veterans Home in Tyler. He was born in Hearne and lived in Palestine when he enlisted and went to Ellington Field in Houston for processing into the Army Air Corps.
Thomas served during WWII from September 1942 to July 1945. At only 22, Thomas was shot down over Germany in April of 1944. After surviving the crash, which killed the nine other members of his crew, he spent thirteen months as a POW in Austria. Sgt. Thomas received both the POW Medal and the Purple Heart.
