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re: World War 2 soldiers who went on to be famous
Posted on 5/8/22 at 10:45 pm to fool_on_the_hill
Posted on 5/8/22 at 10:45 pm to fool_on_the_hill
Audie Murphy
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Posted on 5/8/22 at 10:49 pm to White Roach
charles bronson
he enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 during World War II. He served in the 760th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, and in 1945 as a Boeing B-29 Superfortress aerial gunner with the Guam-based 61st Bombardment Squadron] within the 39th Bombardment Group, which conducted combat missions against the Japanese home islands. He flew 25 missions and received a Purple Heart for wounds received in battle.
he enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in 1943 during World War II. He served in the 760th Flexible Gunnery Training Squadron, and in 1945 as a Boeing B-29 Superfortress aerial gunner with the Guam-based 61st Bombardment Squadron] within the 39th Bombardment Group, which conducted combat missions against the Japanese home islands. He flew 25 missions and received a Purple Heart for wounds received in battle.
Posted on 5/9/22 at 12:06 am to White Roach
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Audie Murphy
His story is one of the stories told in a great new book called Against All Odds by Kershaw.
Arkansas fans would recognize another account in this book—-Footsie Britt
This post was edited on 5/9/22 at 12:14 am
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