Targets:
| | Bangkok, Yawata, Anshan, Nagasaki, Omura, Singapore, Mukden, Kure, Rangoon, Formosa, Nagoya, Hamamatsu.
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Awards/Decorations:
| | Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, Asiatic-Pacific Theater Service Ribbon, World War II Victory Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation.
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| Service Schools attended:
| | Radio Operator-Mechanic
| March 1943
| Radio Operator-Mechanic
| Aug. 1943
| First Aid Course
| Sept. 1943
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Military Specialty Earned/Assigned:
| | MOS 2756-Airborne Radio Operator Mechanic
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Military Rank Upon Discharge:
| | S/Sgt (1945) / C/M Sgt (1973)
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Crew Type:
| | Flight Crew
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Aircraft Name and
Serial Number/s:
| | 42-6268 Good Humpin', 42-6394 Last Resort, 42-65271 (unnamed), Last Resort II
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Were you a POW?:
| | No
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Were you interned?:
| | No
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Date transferred from the 58th Bomb Wing:
| | 7/1/45
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Post-World war II Military Service:
| | Served with SAC 1947 - 1955, flying B-29 and B-50s Transferred to Support Sqdn in Wiesbaden, Germany (USAFE) Transferred to Patrick AFB, FL - Missile and Space Program - C54s and C-130s Transferred to Hickam AFB, HI - Missile and Space Program - C-130s Transferred to Elgin AFB, FL - Missile and Space Program - C54, C131 Transferred to Otis AFB, MA - Electronic Sensor Reconnaissance - EC-121 Transferred to McClellan AFB, CA - Electronic Sensor Reconnaissance - EC-121 Retired from USAF - Feb. 1973
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Post-World war II Civilian Occupation/s:
| | United States Postal Service Letter Carrier (20 yrs)
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Thoughts about service in the 58th Bomb Wing:
| | Closeness to friends - long time relationships, especially being on a flight crew Patriotism and discipline taught to me Camaraderie among the flight, maintenance and support people War is hell and all efforts should be made to settle disputes peacefully before striking each other. Very proud about being assigned to a military unit which really brought about the end of that terrible war.
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