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| Recent Address: |
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RD #4, Box 93, Huntingdon, PA 16652
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| Family Information: |
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Parents: Charles E. and Myrtle V.; Wife: Elma C.
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| Hometown: |
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Saltillo, PA
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| Date Entered Service: |
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May 30, 1943
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| Service Number: |
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33760802
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| Bomb Group: |
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444th
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| Squadron: |
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676th
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| Location of Unit: |
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Tinian (July, 1945)
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| Missions Flown: |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Good Conduct Medal, Miscellaneous Theater Ribbons
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Shepard Field, Wichita Falls, TX (B-25, B-26) Sep 1943; Buckingham Field, Ft. Myers, FL - Gunnery School Mar 1944; B-29, Amarillo, TX Jun 1944
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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Mechanic - Gunner, Asst. Engineer
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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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Miscellaneous aircraft
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| Were you a POW? |
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No
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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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Sept. 1945 (313th BW)
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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February, 1946
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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Reserves for six years
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
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Self-employed in the coal industry. Owner of GM&W Coal company in Somerset County, PA
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
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Received quite an education - a new crew among seasoned veterans with many missions.
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