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| Current Address: |
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49426 405th Place, Palisade, MN 56469 |
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| Email: |
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| Family Information: |
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Parents: Earle E. and Mary Ellen |
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| Hometown: |
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Kimball, MN |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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February 13, 1943 |
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| Service Number: |
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37549344 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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40th |
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| Squadron: |
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395th |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Pratt, KS (February, 1944) |
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| Missions Flown: |
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4 |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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6 |
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| Targets: |
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Anshan, Mukden, Formosa |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Theater Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal, Air Offensive Japan, Burma-India-China Offensive, Air Combat India Burma, Presidential Unit Citation, WWII Victory Medal
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Armorer School, Buckley Field, Colorado Apr-May 1943; Armorer School, Lowery Field, Colorado Jun-Jul 1943; Central Fire Control School, Lowery Field, CO Aug 1943-Feb 1944 |
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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CFC, Gunner |
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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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| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
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42-6342 Sister Sue |
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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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September, 1945 |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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November 17, 1945 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
| Pipe fitter, steam fitter |
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
| When you are 20 years old you are easily impressed. With an airplane like the B-29, it is easily done. |
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| Comments: |
| We lost SISTER SUE in China. Nine of us made it out , two didn't. |
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