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| Current Address: |
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420 S. Buffalo Rd., Lexington, VA 24450
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| Family Information: |
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| Hometown: |
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Lexington, VA |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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December 1942 |
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| Service Number: |
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AO863677
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| Bomb Group: |
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462nd |
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| Squadron: |
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770th |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Walker, KS - February 1944 |
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| Missions Flown: |
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20+ |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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12 |
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| Targets: |
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Rangoon, Saigon, Singapore, Sasebo, Anshan, Yawata, Nagasaki
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Air Medal with 1 Oak Leaf Cluster
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Communications - Yale Univ. Feb-Jul 1943; Radar - Boca Raton, FL July-November 1943;
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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MOS 0141-Radar Officer
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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First 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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42-6345 (unnamed) Crashed due to engine failure -- Karachi, Pakistan, April 1944.
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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 |
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| Date Transferred from the 58th: |
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October 1945 |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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1965 - from the Reserves |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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Active Reserve 1945 to 1965
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
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Self-employed Real Estate Appraiser, 1946 to 1955. Equitable Life Assurance Society, Real Estate Division, Feb. 1955 to Dec. 1984. Retired as Assistant Division Manager.
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
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Serving my country, the best three years of my life: 1942 to 1945.
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