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Dupree, SD |
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| Family Information: |
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Parents: Walter and Eliza; Wife: Eva; Children: Sally, Sue, Janie, and Mary |
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| Hometown: |
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Dupree, SD |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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April 18, 1943 |
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| Service Number: |
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O-777906
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| Bomb Group: |
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40th |
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| Squadron: |
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44th |
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| Missions Flown: |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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Flew missions over Manchuria, China, Burma, Thailand, French Indo-China, Malay Peninsula Japan, and Honshu
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Victory Medal, Air Medal, Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal with 6 Bronze Stars, and the American Theater Medal.
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Flight training, Gunnery and Advanced Bombardier courses in California, Arizona, and New Mexico. Class 44-7 Bombardiers at Kirtland Army Air Field, NM |
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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Bombardier |
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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1st Lieutenant |
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| Crew Type: |
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Flight crew |
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| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
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42-63538, Winged Victory II as part of Andrew Papson's crew
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| Were you a POW? |
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Yes |
| If so, where? |
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Omori POW camp |
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| Were you interned? |
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No |
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| He was given the name "Flying Eagle" by the Sioux. |
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
| His plane was shot down May 26, 1945 over Tokyo by flak. He parachuted out of a window. When he was captured, the Japanese civilians put a noose around his neck ready to hang him, but the Japanese soldiers saved him. He was a prisoner of war at the Omori POW Camp, Japan, for 3 months and 3 days. He was rescued when the United States Navy entered Tokyo on August 29, 1945. |
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Mr. Miller passed away January 5, 1984. He is buried at the Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, SD.
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