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| Recent Address: |
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1641 Apache Trail, Maitland, FL 32751 |
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| Family Information: |
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Parents: Leon E. and Margaret; T. Wife: Dorothy; Siblings: Margaret and Leon V. |
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| Hometown: |
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Birmingham, AL |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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September 10. 1940 |
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| Service Number: |
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426944 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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40th and 462nd |
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| Squadron: |
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25th and 770th |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Pratt, Kansas (May, 1943) |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Presidential Unit Citation |
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Purdue Univ./Chanute AFB Jan 1941; Command Staff College / Corr. Sep 1953; Air War College / Corr. Oct 1966 |
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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Aircraft Maintenance Officer, Ballistic Maintenance Officer |
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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Capt. 1946 / Col. 1970 |
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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 10, 1945 |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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January 1, 1946 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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Served with 40th Bomb Group in Puerto Rico, Panama, Ecuador and Kansas. Served with 462nd Group in Kansas, India, China and Guam. Served MATS (?) 1951-3; USAFE 1953-56; USAF 1956-60; George Washington Univ. 1961; Ballistic Div. 1961-66; USAF 1966-retired. |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
| Eastern Airlines -- 1946 to 1951, Engineering Department |
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