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| Current Address: |
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3167 Linden Road, Suite 607, Rocky River, OH 44116
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| Email: |
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| Family Information: |
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Parents: Joe C. and Alma M. Pivk; Wife: June; Children: Lance, Dean, Les, Mark.
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| Hometown: |
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Cleveland, OH |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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December 11, 1945 |
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| Service Number: |
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15354653 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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462nd |
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| Squadron: |
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768th |
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| Location of Unit: |
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| Missions Flown: |
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35 |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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35 |
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| Targets: |
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Bangkok, Anshan, Formosa, Omura, Saigon, Singapore, Tokuyama, Nagoya, Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe, Omuta, Toyohashi, Kure, Takamatsu, Chiba, Sendai
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon with 6 Bronze Stars, Chinese War Memorial Medal, WWII Victory Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, AVN Badge, Overseas Service Bar, Good Conduct Medal.
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Army Technical School, Sioux Falls, SD Apr 1943; Truax Field, Madison, WI Aug 1943; Walker AAF, Victoria, KS Nov 1943
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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MOS 757-Radio Operator-Mechanic-Gunner, AAF
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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S/Sgt |
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| Crew Type: |
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Flight crew |
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| Were you a POW? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Were you interned? |
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No |
| If so, where? |
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| Date Transferred from the 58th: |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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September 19, 1945 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
| Mechanical engineer |
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
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| Comments: |
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Note: In the service his name was Henry Bauer Pivk. He dropped the Pivk name and made it Henry Joseph Bauer. This was done legally and papers were sent to all the government branches including the Veterans.
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