Floyd A. Elliott was born in Missouri and lived on a farm in his early years.
During WWII, he was with the Army Air Corps and was pilot of a B-25 based in North Africa. While on his 13th mission in March, 1944, a mission to bomb an Italian railyard, his aircraft was shot down. Only he and one other crewmember survived. He was captured quickly by the Germans and was held as a POW at Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag 7A until liberation by Gen. Patton's troops in April, 1945.
Following the war, he attended medical school in Columbia, Missouri under the GI Bill and became a veterinarian. He had a successful and rewarding practice spanning over 45 years in Porterville, California where he was affectionately known as "Doc" Elliott by his numerous clients and friends.
During WWII, he was with the Army Air Corps and was pilot of a B-25 based in North Africa. While on his 13th mission in March, 1944, a mission to bomb an Italian railyard, his aircraft was shot down. Only he and one other crewmember survived. He was captured quickly by the Germans and was held as a POW at Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag 7A until liberation by Gen. Patton's troops in April, 1945.
Following the war, he attended medical school in Columbia, Missouri under the GI Bill and became a veterinarian. He had a successful and rewarding practice spanning over 45 years in Porterville, California where he was affectionately known as "Doc" Elliott by his numerous clients and friends.
Floyd A. Elliott was born in Missouri and lived on a farm in his early years.
During WWII, he was with the Army Air Corps and was pilot of a B-25 based in North Africa. While on his 13th mission in March, 1944, a mission to bomb an Italian railyard, his aircraft was shot down. Only he and one other crewmember survived. He was captured quickly by the Germans and was held as a POW at Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag 7A until liberation by Gen. Patton's troops in April, 1945.
Following the war, he attended medical school in Columbia, Missouri under the GI Bill and became a veterinarian. He had a successful and rewarding practice spanning over 45 years in Porterville, California where he was affectionately known as "Doc" Elliott by his numerous clients and friends.
During WWII, he was with the Army Air Corps and was pilot of a B-25 based in North Africa. While on his 13th mission in March, 1944, a mission to bomb an Italian railyard, his aircraft was shot down. Only he and one other crewmember survived. He was captured quickly by the Germans and was held as a POW at Stalag Luft 3 and Stalag 7A until liberation by Gen. Patton's troops in April, 1945.
Following the war, he attended medical school in Columbia, Missouri under the GI Bill and became a veterinarian. He had a successful and rewarding practice spanning over 45 years in Porterville, California where he was affectionately known as "Doc" Elliott by his numerous clients and friends.
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