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| Oct. 22, 1919 – Dec. 2, 2015 |
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| After 55 years, Ed was awarded the Bronze Star in 1996. |
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8th Pursuit Group — Graduated from Casey Jones School of Aeronautics
36th Pursuit Squadron – Staff Sgt.
Langley Field, VA
Mitchell Field, NY |
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In the group of the first 27 men to arrive in Toungoo, Burma – June 27, 1941. Drove up the Burma Road with a load of ammunition. Experienced Magwe bombings, Paoshan, Loiwing, Kunming. |
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| Left Kunming on June 27, 1942 – Slow Boat from Bombay, Good Hope, Trinidad, New York and then Home.
Re-entered Army Air Corps as a M/Sgt – Assigned to Richmond Air Base, 327th Fighter Group as line chief 323rd Squadron – Entered flight training in Eastern Flying Training Command – Graduated as B-25 Bomber Pilot, Albany, GA, Class 44J. Stayed over as Instructor Pilot, sent to Distribution Center, Lincoln, NB. |
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| Discharged September 15, 1945 – Joined Reserves -Obtained indefinite commission – Did Not Get Called for Korean War.
Went to work at Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co., then Weirton Steel as Maintenance Turn Foreman and General Foreman. – Maintained service in Reserves with 910 Troop Carrier Group – 757th Squadron. Retired with the rank of Major in 1971, flying C-119 “Flying Boxcar” aircraft. Served for many years as an officer of the AVG Flying Tigers Assn. |
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