May 3, 1943: Bob Anderson's 14th Fighter Group departs Mediouna, Morocco and repositions in Telergam, Algeria. Anderson's P-38 #85 flies its first combat mission.
May 3, 1944: Bob Anderson's 37th Fighter Squadron becomes active and repositions from Oran to an "undisclosed" North Africa location. Jack Morris flies his 21st bombing mission on ground targets near Wizerns.
May 3, 1945: Gerald Bethel is aboard the USS Bache when it is attacked by Japanese Kamikaze airplanes near Okinawa. The USS Bache is slightly damaged when enemy suicide aircraft overshoots deck, crashing in to the sea. Roy Hawkins, with the 463rd AAA, Battery C is awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for defending Hatton & Rittershoffen (Alsace) from fanatical German attacks in January of 1945. Willis Cleary leaves Frohburg and arrives Nabburg, Germany. He witnesses a mass grave of approx. 200 political prisoners in Nabburg. Slept in town castle.
May 3, 1944: Bob Anderson's 37th Fighter Squadron becomes active and repositions from Oran to an "undisclosed" North Africa location. Jack Morris flies his 21st bombing mission on ground targets near Wizerns.
May 3, 1945: Gerald Bethel is aboard the USS Bache when it is attacked by Japanese Kamikaze airplanes near Okinawa. The USS Bache is slightly damaged when enemy suicide aircraft overshoots deck, crashing in to the sea. Roy Hawkins, with the 463rd AAA, Battery C is awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for defending Hatton & Rittershoffen (Alsace) from fanatical German attacks in January of 1945. Willis Cleary leaves Frohburg and arrives Nabburg, Germany. He witnesses a mass grave of approx. 200 political prisoners in Nabburg. Slept in town castle.
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