Today in Clarksburg Ohio World War II history:
April 20, 1942: Roger Bryant enlists in the U.S. Army at Fort Hayes, Ohio.
April 20, 1943: Ralph Anderson, recently relocated to Laredo, Texas is training with his newly assigned B-17 crew. Ralph Hawkins is based at Efate Island aboard the USS Stack destroyer. He participates in several patrols off the coast of Guadalcanal.
April 20, 1944: Jack Morris flies his 16th bombing mission on German infantry targets just inside the coast of France. Ralph Ater, aboard the USS Ranger, departs Staten Island, NY carrying a load of 76 P-38 Fighters, steaming toward Casablanca (USS Ranger pictured in this blog with the P-38's on deck).
April 20, 1945: Bernard Ater graduates from the Factory Training School in Peterson, New Jersey after completing 203 hours of instruction on Wright Aircraft Engines.
April 20, 1943: Ralph Anderson, recently relocated to Laredo, Texas is training with his newly assigned B-17 crew. Ralph Hawkins is based at Efate Island aboard the USS Stack destroyer. He participates in several patrols off the coast of Guadalcanal.
April 20, 1944: Jack Morris flies his 16th bombing mission on German infantry targets just inside the coast of France. Ralph Ater, aboard the USS Ranger, departs Staten Island, NY carrying a load of 76 P-38 Fighters, steaming toward Casablanca (USS Ranger pictured in this blog with the P-38's on deck).
April 20, 1945: Bernard Ater graduates from the Factory Training School in Peterson, New Jersey after completing 203 hours of instruction on Wright Aircraft Engines.
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