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| Claude Everson, 2001 |
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| Recent Address: |
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612 Stardust Lane, Los Altos, CA 94024 |
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| Email: |
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| Family Information: |
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Wife: Marian |
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| Hometown: |
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Fall River, KS |
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| Date Entered Service: |
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August, 1942 |
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| Service Number: |
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37217495 |
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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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Great Bend, KS |
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| Missions Flown: |
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37 |
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| Hump Missions Flown: |
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20 |
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| Targets: |
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Manchuria, Bangkok, Formosa, Hankow, Singapore, Omura |
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| Awards/Decorations: |
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Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross, Presidential Unit Citation, India-Burma Theater Ribbon,
Bronze Stars for China Campaign, Air Offensive Japan, Palembang, Sumatra Air Offensive, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Ribbon, Good Conduct Medal |
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| Service Schools Attended: |
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Radio Operation and Maintenance-Scott Field ; Radar, Ground-Boca Raton, FL ; Airborne Radar-Boca Raton, FL |
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| Military Specialty(ies): |
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MOS 866-Radar Observer |
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| Rank Upon Discharge: |
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Staff Sergeant |
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| Crew Type: |
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Flight crew |
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| Airplane Serial No.& Name: |
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42-24580 Undecided, 42-63378 Fubar |
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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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February 23, 1945 |
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| Date Discharged from the 58th: |
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September 9, 1945 |
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| Post-WWII Military Service: |
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| Post-WWII Civilian Occupation(s): |
| Collins Radio, Cedar Rapids, IO. Designed, developed and installed 60" Cyclotron, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Argone National Laboratory. Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Livermore, CA -- special project.Lockheed Aircraft Space Div., CA - 3 years; Lockheed Missile & Space Div., CA - 33 years; Agena, Nimbus, Hubbell Space Telescope, Gravity Probe B, Stanford, CA |
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| Thoughts on the 58th Bomb Wing: |
| I learned how all personalities can work well together in common endeavor. This was not only for our crew but also with the Indian and Chinese that we encountered. |
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| Comments: |
| Mr. Everson passed away July 4th 2011. |
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