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| Recent Address: |
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4208 Oak Avenue, Brookfield, IL 60513 |
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| Family Information: |
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Parents: John and Mary; Wife: Betty |
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| Hometown: |
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Elgin, IL |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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May 23, 1941 |
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| Service Number: |
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36039553 |
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| Bomb Group: |
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468th |
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| Squadron: |
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792nd |
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| Location of Unit: |
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Salina, Kansas (November, 1943) |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with 1 Silver Star,Bronze Star,Distinguished Unit Medal,American Defense Medal,Good Conduct Medal,Overseas Service Bar |
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Field Artillery School Sep 1941; Air Corps Cadets 1943; Intelligence School Sep 1943 |
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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MOS 631-Intelligence NCO |
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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S/Sgt |
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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 4, 1945 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
| Director of Conservation Department, Forest Preserve, District of Cook County, Illinois (Chicago and its suburbs) for 38 years. Retired. |
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
| The loss of over four years of the formative years of your life was difficult to reconcile. However, such loss is a question of values regarding a national need at that time. There are so many who gave much more. The rewarding thought is that "the job was done." |
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