Other GIs

Veterans who were not in the 394th & 416th BGs or 1781st or 1782nd Ordnance Units:

Lt Charles Haskell Ayres

Lt Ayres was KIA January 22, 1969

Sgt Al Rasof

Sgt Al Rasof served in the 487th BG, 839th BS. He was a Radio/Gunner.

Walter V Lawrence
Sgt Lawrence served in the 44th Bomb Group, 506th Bomb Squadron, as a Waist Gunner on B-24 Bombers. He was taken Prisoner of War on his 21st bombing mission aboard "My Ever Lovin' Gal," and spent 10 months in Stalag 4, a German POW camp.

B-24, Serial# 41-28829 James Boyer
"I was sent to Scotland to an RAF school for B-24s. Upon my return I was again sent out on special duty as a crew chief for a new gunnery school that utilized B-24s as tow target training. Our B-24 was specially equipped for towing targets so that new gunners could be trained in aerial gunnery. But about a month later, General Headquarters canceled the program. Upon returning to Shipdham, the 506th Squadron had arrived and were short crew chiefs, so I transferred over to the 506th squadron. My first aircraft was named "My Ever Lovin' Gal," a B-24H that had 28 missions on her before she was lost in action (29 June 1944, collision). She also was equipped for PFF, a lead ship."

Lt Brainerd R. Evans

Robert Vonley Threadgill - Pilot/CoPilot 391st BG, 573 BS
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Randy S Todd, Jr

Born: 1917, Waco, Texas Died: 2007, Tyler, Texas
Married Virgie Marie Todd
Awarded "Soldiers Medal" for heroism

Contributed by nephew Randall W. Todd Jr.

Award Letter Sorties Participation

Major John J Webster
Story of Major Webster
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Contributed by Lisa Burke

Ted Whitley and Bob Blauvelt - Paris 1944
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  Photo Captions (L-R)
      1. Ted Whitley on ladder
      2. Ted Whitley on Vicious Ella-Wishes
      3. Ted Whitley(by prop) and others of the 888th Engineer 21st Mobile Reclamation and Repair Unit sitting on a B-17
      4. Work truck of the 21st Mobile Reclamation and Repair Unit

PFC Ward Alvin Dobson
Ward Dobson was born October 6, 1928 in Greene County, TN. He is buried in the Harrison Cemetery, Greystone, TN.

PFC Ward Dobson, service number RA14223113, served two enlistments in the US Army, 1st Cavalry Division, 8th Cavalry Regiment, E Co 2 Bn. When the Korean conflict began, Ward reenlisted and was deployed to the war zone as an infantryman. He was seriously wounded in the leg on September 6, 1950, and received a Purple Heart. After hospital convalescence, Ward returned to duty in the war zone on September 9, 1950, and was killed in action September 17, 1950 in the Taegu area.

Ward's sister, Barbara, knowing that his unit was involved in heavy fighting, sat up all night listening to the radio to hear the names of wounded and killed in action. Sadly, one of the names of the KIA was her brother, Ward.
Ward is the son of Cecil and Carma Cox Dobson.

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Dennis Gibbons
Dennis Gibbons served in A Company, 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment, British Army. LCpl. Gibbons served as a British infantry man. His battalion stormed Normandy on D-Day. He wrote to his parents and sister about the Invasion, "The best thing out here is that we see planes all day long, this morning they looked like flies over our heads, and do the boys give them a good name. The French people about here are very glad to see us, and bring out the wine for us. We have had all kinds of flowers given us as we march on."
After the war, Mr. Gibbons returned to Rivenhall, Essex, England, married and had four children. Rivenhall is just 6 miles from the first combat base of the 394th, at Boreham. It took years to rebuild their lives, but the people of England perservered to rebuild the beautiful cities and country side that so many veterans have had the tearful pleasure and heartache to revisit over the years.

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Sgt John H Waine
RAF Airman. Waine's duty was an instrument repair technician working on bomb sights.

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RAF Records
394th Log Book Entries

L. H. Bishop, Jr
Clyde Reinsch: "A kid I grew up with and was a school-mate, a good friend. He drowned after the Japanese sunk his ship, the USS Helena, May 1943. His ship was at port in Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked in 1941."

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Lt Col Richard Paul Reinsch

Lt Col Richard Paul Reinsch was the brother of Clyde Reinsch of the 394th Bomb Group.
Lt Col Reinsch enlisted in the U.S. Army Infantry in 1930. He was discharged and reenlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1933 and trained as an aircraft engine and electrical system specialist. He rose through the enlisted ranks, attaining the rank of Technical Sergeant in February 1942. In December 1942 he left the enlisted ranks to enter Officer Candidate School. On completion he was made a 2nd Lieutenant then trained and became an Air Intelligence Officer. As a member of the Technical Air Intelligence Corps, he was posted in 1943 to England, North Africa and Italy. In January 1944 he was sent to China and the 14th Air Force serving under General Claire L. Chennault and attached to the OSS. As a TAI field officer his duties were to locate and investigate downed enemy aircraft for intelligence gathering, rescue, assist and return downed allied airmen, train local Chinese forces as aircraft spotters and troops for airdrome defense, various other duties such as Billeting Officer, Mess Officer, and in any other capacity as needed. He returned to the states in 1945 and was assigned to TAI Headquarters at Anacostia AB in Washington DC. Several other postings ensued until being transferred overseas to Japan in 1947. While in Japan, he was made Engineering and Maintenance Officer for all aircraft assigned to squadrons, groups and wings to which he was attached. At the time, there were a great number of aircraft losses due to improper or slipshod maintenance practices. Due to his background in aircraft maintenance, he was selected to straighten out the problems, which he did with great success. He was not much liked by the maintenance forces, but the pilots loved him. Returning to the states in 1949, he was assigned to SAC Intelligence until orders for another overseas tour sent him to Okinawa in 1953. Again returning to the States in 1956, he was assigned to Air Intelligence for NORAD and ADC. During his intelligence career he served as a Combat Intelligence Officer, Chief of Air Technical Intelligence, Assistant Deputy for Intelligence, Deputy for Intelligence, and Deputy Chief of Staff - Intelligence. He held the rank of Master Sergeant in the Regular Air Force concurrently with the rank of Major in the Air Force Active Reserve until honorably discharged from the regular enlisted ranks in 1952. He retired from the Active Reserves in 1958 with the rank of Lt.Colonel.

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Paul in Washington, D. C. with his son, R.P. Reinsch, Jr. in August 1944	Paul's China identification signed by Maj.Gen. Chennault	This is Richard Paul Reinsch, Jr in 1944 in a plane made by his dad from a Japanese gasoline wing tank! {Notice the propeller spinning!}

Horrace Roe
Horrace Roe was the brother of 1781st twins Wayne and Wade Roe.
Horrace was born in Hamilton County, Texas, on Sept. 6, 1925, to Cecil and Louann Roe. Horrace joined the Army in 1944 during World War II. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge, where he earned a Bronze Star and Purple Heart during his tour of duty.
Letters to/from HomeHorrace was married to Wilma Harvey in 1946. He worked for Antenna Products and Can-Tex Inc. before opening his own welding and fabrication business in Mineral Wells. Horrace was a longtime member of the Palo Pinto County Sherriff’s Posse, a volunteer fireman, and a member of Southside Church of Christ.
He passed away Feb. 27, 2009 at the age of 83 having been preceded in death by his twin sister, Lois.

Charlie Bailey and the Bailey Brothers

Charles Bailey was called into the Air Force in August of 1941. He was part of the ground crew servicing airplanes for the "Flying Tigers". Charlie's unit had the distinction of being the first to test Army jeeps in the sand of the South Pacific in 1942. Mr Bailey courageously served his country for 4 years and 4 months. In 1945 he was honorably discharged.

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Robert Vern Jones
Robert Vern Jones was in the Army Infantry during WWII. He was a machine gunner and saw extensive action covering the entire European Theater.

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Delbert Fellers
Delbert Fellers was a veteran of WWII. He was a member of F Company, 322nd Infantry Regiment, 81st "Wildcat" Division. He was a recipient of the Silver Star and other medals.

Silver Star Medal Article

Dillard Lee Kerley
Dillard Lee Kerley, brother-in-law of Robert White (1782nd) was in the USMC Infantry during WWII. He was killed in the Battle of Tarawa.

The following is an account by Robert Sherrod, news correspondent:
  "The landings began on November 20, 1943 and immediately ran into trouble. Coming in at low tide, the assault boats were forced to disgorge their men far from shore. Wading through waist-deep water over piercing, razor-sharp coral, many were cut down by merciless enemy gunfire yards from the beach. Those who made it ashore huddled in the sand, hemmed in by the sea to one side and the Japanese to the other.
   The cost of victory was high for the Marines who suffered nearly 3,000 casualties. The toll was even higher for the Japanese. Of the 4,700 defenders, only 17 survived. Their (the Marines) willingness to fight to the last man foreshadowed the fierceness of the battles to come."
   Mr Kerley had only been in the Marines (2nd Division) only a little over a year when his life was taken. It took a week or more for the news of his death noticication to get to his family. He left a wife who lived in Elizabethton, Tennessee. The silver star that hung in the front window of the home was changed to a gold one.

Wayne O Eisenhower, Jr
USN Carpenters Mate Second Class Wayne Eisenhower was a veteran of WWII and the Korean Conflioct.

Wayne's Diary

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Albie Zadilka
Albie Zadilka
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Contributed by Brian Harrison

Tony and Charlotte Harrison
Tony and Charlotte Harrison
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Contributed by Brian Harrison

Wayland Fillers
Wayland Fillers was a veteran of WWII. He was in the battles of Normandy, Holland and the Battle of the Buldge as a member of the 101st Airborne Glider Division and 82nd Airborne. He says that all he can think of at Normandy are all the dead bodies and not just Americans, it was every person from every walk of life, Germans and all. He thinks about it every morning when he wakes up.
His bride is Florence Partricia Hilleard from South London, England, who experienced the German bombings. She met Wayland on a week furlough, they went out three times, and he asked her to marry him. They were married 64 years when she passed away.

LV Rader
L. V. Rader, son of Nola and Lewis Rader, was born Jan. 27, 1923 in Greene County, Tennessee. He enlisted in the Army Infantry on May 1, 1943, and later was involved in the Battle Of The Bulge. His unit was ordered to search the farm houses in a small village in the Belgian forest. One time he walked into a house, a German was hiding in exposed rafters over the door. L.V. had no choice but to shoot the German before the German could shoot him. L.V. also had the job of picking up the enemy dead off the battle field after a battle. He found eye glasses and other personal effects that belonged to the enemy. Once he found a German Luger. A few boys liked the German rapid firing machine guns and used them in battle. When the Allied Forces heard the firing, they thought the fire was coming from the enemy and shot their brothers in arms. After the war, L.V. married Rose Collins in 1946 and had three children, Larry, Linda and Terry. L.V. died in the fall of 2005 with cancer.
LV at work in laundry

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Luke Rader
Luke Rader, the son of Nola and Lewis Rader, was born Sept. 27, 1919 in Greene County, Tennessee. Luke Rader enlisted in the Army Infantry during WWII. He took part in the Normandy Invasion on D-Day. Here is an account of that experience including some quotes given to his brothers and sisters. Luke tried ito reenlist, but he suffered from "shell shock" and the Army would not allow him back. Luke never married and died in a motorcycle accident in 1951.
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Lewis C Rader, Jr

Junior Rader, born March 10, 1929, Greene County, Tennessee to Nola and Lewis Rader, also served in the Army during the Korean War. After the war, Junior returned to Geeneville where he took up home building and carpentry as his occupation. He married Janice Weems in 1958 and had one daughter, Jana Louise.
Lewis passed away of cancer in June of 2000.

Thomas (Tommy) Rader
Thomas Joseph Rader, born Feb. 15, 1921, in Greene County, Tennessee, son of Nola and Lewis Rader, served during the Korean War. He was in the 244th Field Artillery and stationed in Ft Sill, Oklahoma. He failed the physical (flat feet) to transfer overseas, so he served state side, guarding civilian airports.
After the war years, Tommy used the GI Bill to train as a flyer. After receiving his license, he flew a biplane for a few years. Tommy married and had four children, Tommy Jr, Charles (Chuck), Sandra and Gary. Tommy still lives in Piney Flats, Tennessee.
Tommy with first wife, Doris, and son, Tommy Jr.

David Rader
David Rader was born Aug. 18, 1927, in Greene County, Tennessee to Nola and Lewis Rader.
David was an Army MP during Korean Conflict. One of his MP friends, whom he worked closely with Chester Baker, was a black man from Fort Smith, Arkansas. Once, David was on a hill trying to capture a prisoner when he began taking sniper fire. Chester was in a Jeep in the valley and saw what was going on. He drove the Jeep up the hill to David, steering with one hand and firing his gun with the other. David jumped into the Jeep and Chester was credited with saving David's life. David spoke of his fondness for Chester the rest of his life. (See Chester next.)
After the war, David married Dorothy Sanders in 1954 and had one child, Marsha. He returned to Tennessee where he worked until retirement in a factory in Morristown. He passed away in December 2000 of cancer.
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Chester Baker
Mr Baker served in the Army Sept. 5, 1950-1980
Ranks held: E1 - E9 (Command Sgt. Major)
Served Overseas: Korea (twice), Germany, Viet Nam (3.5 yrs).
Chester also served throughout USA.
He lives with his wife, Betty, in Fort Smith, Ark. They have one daughter, Tiffanee Baker.
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Reed Lawing
Reed Lawing was an infantry soldier during World War II.

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Winston Lawing
Winston Lawing was an infantry soldier during World War II.

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Jesse Burchfiel
Jesse Burchfiel was a Tech Sergeant during World War II. His military occupation was a Radio Operator Low Speed. He was a member of the 433rd Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, Battery B and saw extensive action in the North Africa and European Theaters. He was wounded in action in Italy Feb 19, 1944 and received the Purple Heart. He fought in battles in Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno, Rhineland, Southern France, and Central Europe. He received EAME Theater Ribbon with 6 Bronze Stars.

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Joseph Leondos Burchfiel
Joseph Burchfiel served in the Marine Corps during WWII in the Pacific Theater.
Pacific tour of duty: Nov 23, 1944 to Sept 1, 1945. Wounded in action March 13, 1945 on Iwo Jima. Received Purple Heart.
Born: Aug 15, 1944 Talbott TN.

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Mark Sewell Waddell
Mark Sewell Waddell was in the Army Infantry during WWI.

WWI Draft Registration Form of Sydney E Waddell who was Mark's brother and also served in WWI.

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Jim Letterman
Jim Letterman was in the Army during WWI. He served as a cook. He was born in 1879. After the war, he returned to Greene County, TN and spent his life as a farmer. He married Martha Loretta Waddell February 1919.

Pictures and Information of Jim Letterman

WWI Draft Registration Form

Grace McCarty
Grace McCarty was a Marine WM during World War I. She was born April, 1900. Her parents were James Roy and Aurelia McCarty from Richmond, Virginia. This picture was taken in March of 1919.

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Seaton
Spanish-American War

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Hugh F Jones
Hugh was 18 years old when he enlisted. He served in the Army Corps of Engineers. He was wounded and received a medical discharge.
Mr Jones worked on the Manhattan Project in Oak Ridge, TN. Hugh died in 1970.

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Emerson Deam
Emerson Deam was a First Sergeant stationed in France during World War I. He is the father of William H. Deam, a B-26 pilot in the 394th Bomb Group in WWII and the grandfather of Mark Deam, a veteran of the Vietnam War.

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b.March 30, 1889, d.March 22, 1963
Service # 1937499
Enlisted into the United States Army on September 5, 1917 as a private and was assigned to Company H, 329th Infantry, 165th Brigade, 83rd Division.
Left for France on June 12, 1918 and served with the American Expeditionary Force.
Returned to the United States on January 31, 1919.
Discharged from the Army on February 15, 1919 at Camp Sherman, Ohio as a First Sergeant.

Ronnie Moody
Spec5 Ronnie E Moody served in the US Army from March 18, 1968 until October 18, 1970, a total of 31 months. His unit was the 173rd Airborne Ordnance. He served in Vietnam from February 1, 1969 until October 18, 1970 where he worked out of Motor Pool and delivered supplies. He received 2 Bronze Stars.

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Service # RA12904730
M-16 Serial # 501063

Mark Deam
Mark Deam is the grandson of Emerson Deam, immediately above, and the son of William H. Deam, a B-26 pilot in the 394th Bomb Group in WWII. He is a veteran of the Vietnam War and recipient of the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Mark was in C Company, 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry, 198th Light Infantry Brigade, Americal Division.
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Bradley Tyler Cooper
Lance Corporal Bradley Cooper, born September 19, 1986, served as a Marine stationed in Iraq. He entered the Marine Corps January, 2005.
He is married to Laura and is the son of Wes and Debbie Cooper of Jefferson City, TN. He has one brother, Brian.

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Raymond F. Dobbelaere
Tec5 Dobbelaere served in the US Army, 94th Cavalry Reconnaisance Troops 94th Division, from November 1942 to January 1946.

Raymond's Family

89th Calvary
Reconnaisance

Richard D. Dobbelaere
Sgt. Dobbelaere served in the Marine Corps from June 1969 to June 1972. He is the son of Raymond Dobbelaere above.

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Rae Lee Hill
Corporal Hill served in the Marine Corps from June 1969 to June 1972.

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Paul A. Lynn
Paul was one petrified 17 year old in this boot camp photo! Corporal Lynn served in the Marine Corps from June 1969 to March 1972.

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Paul is 2nd row from top, 2nd from left.

Donald R. Heiss
Don Heiss was in U.S. Navy, May 1945 - Aug 1946, in the Pacific on board USS Nereus, AS17 (submarine tender).

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Capt Louis E. Burke
CDR Louis Burke. Taken during the Tarawa cruise 1949. The flight jacket is the same one he wore during WWII. The squadron patch that is visible is for VF-14, the Tophatters.
Capt Louis E. Burke-USN-ret. died in 1984 and is buried at the Presidio National Cemetery in San Francisco overlooking the San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge. He served in the Navy during three wars, WWII, Korea and early in the Vietnam war. In WWII, Capt. Burke was a Navy officer assigned to the U.S.S. Saratoga CV-3, one of the first aircraft carriers.

Photos and captions contributed by Lisa Burke, daughter of Capt. Burke.

My father, Capt. Louis E. Burke (ret.), was a 1940 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy. Upon graduation he was assigned to the U.S.S. Saratoga CV-3, one of the first aircraft carriers, stationed at Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii. He met my mother there in early 1941. The attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941, was, of course, a defining point in both their lives. My father was not at Pearl Harbor. Fortuitously, none of the U.S. aircraft carriers were in port when the attack occurred. My mother was there, however. Shortly after the attack, my parents married and my father was sent to flight school in Pensacola, Florida, training to fly carrier-based dive bombers. In 1944 he became Executive Officer of Bomb Squadron 6, attached to the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Hancock CV-19, flying SB2C Helldivers. He was awarded the Navy Cross for heroism during the battle of Kure Bay (Japan) in July 1945. The temporary citation, which was given to him before the medal was formally awarded, was signed by Vice Admiral J. S. (John Sidney) McCain, grandfather of Senator John McCain.

Immediately after the war ended, my father and his tail-gunner, Norman Lorentzen, who is still alive and lives in Anacortes, Washington, flew missions over Japan helping locate prisoner of war camps and dropping supplies and food until they could be liberated.

My father retired from the Navy in 1965 and became a math teacher at a crowded inner-city junior high school in San Diego. He rarely spoke to us about the war and never with bravado. Much of what I know was learned from Mr. Lorentzen years after my father’s death.

WWII was fought largely by young men from rural and working class families who had suffered through the great depression. My father, no exception, was from Buffalo, New York. These men fought and sacrificed and died so that future generations could enjoy freedom, democracy, and the principles of justice. They came to be known, with good reason, as the greatest generation.

Capt. Burke died in 1984 and is buried at the Presidio National Cemetery in San Francisco. My mother and paternal grandparents (my grandfather was a veteran of WWI) are buried at Fort Rosecrans N.C. in San Diego. I occasionally visit their graves and contemplate the sacrifices made by the men and women buried there.

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Capt. Burke's father, Louis Harry Burke, a veteran of WWI, is buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego. The cemetery is out on Point Loma and has a beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean. His wife is buried with him and Capt Burke's wife is also buried at Fort Rosecrans.	This view of Diamond Head was taken by Capt. Burke in the summer of 1941 from the historic Moana Hotel in Honolulu, Hawaii. He met his future wife in Honolulu early in that year and they had a romantic courtship on the island. They never could have guessed what was about to happen on December 7.	The U.S.S. Saratoga CV-3 was the sister ship of the U.S.S. Lexington CV-2. Sara and Lex were nearly identical, however the Sara can be easily identified by the large black vertical stripe on her funnel or smokestack. This was to aid pilots in identifying her from the air. Capt. Burke was assigned to the Saratoga as an engineering officer shortly after he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1940. The Sara was in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii at the time. It was an idyllic time and place that would soon become hell on earth. This photo was probably taken between 1933 and 1937 based on the aircraft on the flight deck. They are all bi-planes and a combination of Martin T4M Torpedo Bombers, Chance Vought O2U Scout Bombers and Boeing F4B Fighters. All of these planes were in sevice before WWII and were replaced by the later versions used during the war. Note the name SARA painted across the stern end of the ship.	Capt. Burke flying the F4-U Corsair number 401. He was CO of the Top-Hatters.

Junior Reaves


43rd Infantry Division, 169th Battalion 
Army Serial Number:   34187133
Residence:            Greene County, Tennessee
Place Of Enlistment:  Ft Oglethorpe, Ga
Date Of Enlistment:   March 2, 1942
Year Of Birth:        1919
Civilian Occupation:  Automobile Serviceman
Marital Status:       Single 
Box Number: 0765   Film Reel Number: 1.282

Joseph Boydell


Army Serial Number:   12165442
Residence:             Passaic, New Jersey
Place of Enlistment:   Newark New Jersey
Date Of Enlistment:    November 5, 1942  
Year of Birth:         1922
Civilian Occupation:   Machine Shop
Marital Status:        Single without dependents
Box Number: 0098   Film Reel Number: 1.91 

If anyone has information about Joseph's unit, please email.

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Clarence Brumley Harmon enlisted in the U.S. Army on Nov. 1, 1942, reporting to Camp Forrest, TN. He was discharged on Oct. 15, 1945, as Staff Sergeant from AAF Personnel Distribution Command in San Antonio, TX.

He was a gunner on B-17s and B-24s. As a waist gunner on the B-17 Flying Fortress, Big Noise, Mr. Harmon flew on 23 missions, with several German fighters to his credit, in addition to others he crippled in the Europe Air Offensive over Germany.

On his last scheduled mission from the base in England, his gunner came under heavy fire but he was able to parachute into German occupied Europe, where he was a prisoner of war from May 1944-May 1945.

Mr. Harmon was a member of the 730th Bomb Squadron, 452nd Bomb Group. He was awarded the Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, the Purple Heart Medal and EAME Ribbon with one star, the Good Conduct Medal, and the Expert Rifleman Medal.

Front row L to R

Lt. Geo E Van Hersett - Navigator

Lt. William E Denham - Pilot

Lt. Robert Krout - Co Pilot

Lt. Robert S McCready - Bombadier

Back row L to R

Clarence B Harmon - Waist Gunner

Bernard Kulbacki

Bryson McHardy - Radio/Gunner

Hoursland - Crew Chief

Willie Stanberry - Tail Gunner

Charles Sabo - Waist Gunner

Anthony "Tony" Scarpone - Ball Turret


 Record of Enlistment
Name: Harmon, Walter D
SerNo: 34363572
Place of Enlistment: Ft Oglethorpe Georgia
Date Of Enlistment: 08-07-1942
Nativity: Tennessee
Race/Citizenship: White, citizen
Birth: 30 Apr 1921
Death: 10 Sep 1999 V
SSN: 408-32-0014
Education: 1 year of college
Civilian Occupation: Geographer
Marital Status: Single, without dependents
Film Reel Number 3.210 Box Number 0788

Notes
Son of Henry D b.1876 and Mary E b.1893
Siblings: Anna Rhea b.1919, C. Brumley b.1924,
and Mary Lou b.1928
In England, the his unit was across the airfield
from the 1781st.