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| Current Address: |
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2902 W. Kelly Park road, Apopka, FL 32712-5131 |
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| Family Information: |
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Wife: Maude |
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| Hometown: |
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Belpre, OH |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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October, 1943 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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| Squadron: |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Tinian (1945) |
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| Missions Flown: |
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3 to Singapore, one to Rangoon, and a trip to mine the harbor of Saigon. |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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3 |
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| Targets: |
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30 over Japan (4 over Tokyo) which destroyed Mitsubishi Aircraft Factory. |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, with 2 Bronze Oak Leaves China-Burma-India Ribbon, American Defense Service Medal, Good Conduct Medal
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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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October, 1945 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
| Worked for Sears, Roebuck Co. for over 32 years. |
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
| A special memory is a fly-over the USS Missouri at the peace signing. |
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| Comments: |
| After suffering a stroke, raised miniature horses with his wife. Both learned to ride after the age of 65. |
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