tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37432577634580312042024-03-14T02:06:02.463-07:00Jack Gardner WW II recordsPilot: Commanded air crew and supervised aircraft operation, servicing and functioning. Proficient in radio and navigational aids and meterology. Basic knowledge of combustion and dynamics. Flew all types training planes. All types military aircraft were ferried. Flew transport planes carrying passengers and cargo in United States and Foreign countries. Completed 1925 flying hours. Completed more than 1000 hours over-water flying time."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3743257763458031204.post-45088941451224507832011-09-26T07:55:00.001-07:002013-07-05T11:02:08.083-07:00Jack Gardner WW II RecordsThe purpose of this data base is intended to support "<a href="http://fourstarsinwindow.blogspot.com/">Four Stars in the Gardner Window</a>" , a short history of four Gardner brothers that served in WW II.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNIEePBfUE9EpWp9aiIVO5I_9I-d7SDF0Ki8qug8u5BaemBJatwJ0u0YHV60PWZvkR8fsBhhZ1JpbXevF0z21T2ofsvRS-D_LWbKR6zkxMVUa3Vx3Cd4FG038BFQ_JYORmUD2LMU4TdwlL/s1600/JackHGardner_About1944.jpg">Jack Harding Gardner</a> entered the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army_Air_Corps">US Army</a> in 1940. He and his buddy Odell Dustin hoped to become pilots like Jack's uncle Ott. Both became pilots. Odell flew in the European theater, Jack in the Pacific. In six years of flying service time<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHBjJzmpr2lpZ_nXO3F07K6zmOlxw-rn9hqoTUU7EL8Ul2SWDnv2e2nQW5ZE3dG1YvSzNnSz1JYchgvs1VSH8Ko8GIgcChu-kUSbRgGHBlcenbDKRqajHmPed_RpzVGuqF2cMPsRUv7Cq/s1600/Dad_ArmyUniform_Side1.jpg"> Jack </a> started as a private, became a flying sargent, rated proficient in chemical warfare defense, armament, gunnery, bombing, photo interpretation, aircraft identification, identification of naval forces, visual codes, ward department aircraft publications and armament maintenance. Jack could send Morse Code at 8 words per minutes. Bronson Gardner has Jack's original Pilot's Route Qualification Record and items including Lieutenant bars and flight wings earned as a Mustang (an officer than began military service as a private).<br />
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Jack flew with <a href="http://content.lib.auburn.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/eddier/id/406/rec/662">Lt. James Whitaker.</a> Whitaker flew secret missions, one with <a href="http://content.lib.auburn.edu/cdm/search/collection/eddier/">Eddie Rickenbacker. <span class="yiv1597913931012445413-23092011"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;">Whitaker and Rickenbacker crash-land in the ocean with two others. For the next 3 weeks, in a remarkable survival tale, sharing 4 oranges between them, all but one survived. The rescue made national headlines. Whittaker, kept a diary. The story was published in the Chicago Tribune, and in March 1943, the book "</span></span></a><span class="yiv1597913931012445413-23092011"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://www.ccel.us/angelssing.toc.html">We Thought We Heard The Angels Sing</a>". was published. Lt. Whittaker gave Jack a signed copy inscribed: "Long Beach, Calif. June-9-1943. To my friend and flying mate in the<a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/US-ARMY-AIR-FORCE-6th-FERRYING-GROUP-WW-II-YEARBOOK-/390239002187"> 6th Ferrying Group</a> Lt. Jack Gardner. Best of luck always, Jack. Jim. <a href="http://indexme.blogspot.com/2006/04/we-thought-we-heard-angels-sing-by.html?showComment=1316978933873#c2219075613625053287"> Lt. James C. Whittake</a>r"</span></span><br />
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Jack also flew several secret missions , one with Eddie Rickenbacker since a letter was sent to Gridley thanking our parents for raising a flyer with excellent navigation and pilot skills.<br />
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Jack H. Gardner Army Serial Number 0 520 497 Appointed 1st Lt. 15October 1945<br />
1st Lt. Discharged 16 Dec 1945<br />
Entered Active Duty 9May1943, Pilot 1024<br />
Separation Center Camp Beale, California<br />
Flight Office, Serial Number T-18675, United States Army Air Corps <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Sept Long Beach, Palm Springs, Dalls, Tucson, Nashville St. Paul, Cleveland, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Oct Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Long Beach, Tulsa, Phoenix</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Nov Tucson, Kansan City, Dallas</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Dec Long Beach, Albuquerque, Tulsa, Phoenix, Amarillo, Kansas City, Wichita, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">During 1942 and 1943, Jack Harding Gardner, ferried many types of airplanes, and people, all over the U.S. In 1944 and 1945, he began ferrying airplanes and people all over the Pacific, starting in Hawaii, but going to several Phillipine Islands, Samoa, Tarawa, Guadalcanal, Kwajalein, Okinawa and Tokyo and other sites. Below is a summary of his Master Flight Log Book. (He kept two log books). According to his log books, he also went on several secret missions. I believe that at least some of these missions even took him to the Aleutians (e.g. Alaska), although I need to review his files more carefully to be sure. Looking at this schedule, I have to wonder how he found time to visit North Carolina, and marry my mother, Christine, in Nov 1943! Based on his flight logs, it looks like he had time to visit North Carolina in September and October, 1943. He was probably on “military leave” at the time. This would have been after Christine left southern California to return to North Carolina. His flight logs don’t indicate any flying again until November, after they were married. His log indicates he made several trips to “Johnston Field”. During WWII, the army had an airfield at “Camp Gordon Johnston” in Florida. They also had an airfield in Goldsboro, North Carolina named “Seymour Johnson”. Jack’s log book has many entries for “Johnston”. But, the army also had a (now abandoned) airfield named Johnston on Johnston Atoll about 900 miles west of Hawaii. Given the dates/times for the “Johnston” entries, he did not have the physical time to get to either Florida or North Carolina between his other stops in the Pacific.. For instance, one day he’s on Kwajalein and the next day he’s on “Johnston”, so he must have been referring to Johnston Atoll and the air base there.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN">In 1943, Jack flew the BT-15, Douglas 53-D, UC-78, Cessna, A-20G Douglas, B-25G and the P-38. His original logs books (there are 3) are in Bronson's possession, as well as originals of his orders, discharge certificates and his military record showing Jack was in the following "battles and campaigns": Ryukyus, GO 40 WD 45, Southern Philipines, Western Pacific, GO 33 WD 45 (coded number meanings are unclear). Jack's decorations were Asiatic Pacific Service medal and the American Theater Service medal. The record states, under remarks: "Eleven months, eighteen days Foreign Service in Asiatic Pacific theater and American Theater Shown. Lapel Button Issued".</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Jan Kansas City, Peoria, South Bend, Detroit</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Feb Downey, Taft, Palm springs, Marana(Ariz), Long Beach , Pheonix, Abilene, Dallas,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Mar Palm Springs, Yuma, Kingman, Daggett, Midland, Atlanta, Albuquerque, Amarillo, Witchita</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Apr San Diego, Tucson, Long Beach, Albuquerque, Amarillo, Kansas City</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">May Tucson, Oklahoma City, Kansas City, Long Beach</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">June Daggett, Las Vegas, Ogden, Great Falls, Long Beach, Winslow, Albuquerque, Amarillo, Dallas, Memphis</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">July Long Beach, Sacramento, Albuqurque, Denver, Ogden, Cheyenne, Palm Springs</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Sept Long Beach</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Dec Sacramento, Fairfield</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Jan Hawaii(Hickam), Las Vegas, Tucson, El Paso, Midland</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Feb Midland, Dallas, Long Beach, Winslow, Tucson, Blythe, Oakland, El Paso, Abilene, Oklahoma City</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Mar Little Rock, Atlanta, Greensboro, Newark, Long Beach, Kingman, Albuquerque, Tula, Columbus, Newark, Long Beach, Sacramento, Fairfield</span></div>
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<span lang="PT-BR" style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Apr Hawaii, Tutila(Samoa), Nandi (Fiji), Fairfield, Nonomea, Guadalcanal</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">May Palm Springs, Tucson, Midland, San Antonio, Brownsville, Winslow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">June Oklahoma city, Pittsburg, Palm Springs, Tucson, Long Beach, Denver, Fort Worth, Amarillo</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">July Tonopah, Amarillo, Panama City (Florida), Palm Springs, Homestead (Florida)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Aug Atlanta, Homestead, Palm Springs, Long Beach, Amarillo, Fort Worth, Louisville, Montreal, Romulus, St. Paul, Lanley Virginia, Birmingham</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Sept Hamilton (Novato, Calif), Hawaii, Nandi, Espirito Santos, Nandi, Canton Island</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Oct Kwajalein Island, Johnston </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Nov Hamilton)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Dec Johnston, Hamilton (Novato, Calif), Hawaii, Kwajalein, Saipan, Leyte (Phillipines), Fairfield, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Jan Johnston, Tarawa Island, Guadalcanal, Blak (Dutch New Guidean), Hawaii</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Feb Fairfield, Hawaii, Tarawa, Manus, Biak</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Mar Kwajalein, Guam, Leyte, Farfield, Hawaii, Johnston </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Apr Fairfield, Hawaii, Johnston , Los Negro, Tarawa</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">May Biak, Leyte,Guam, Kwajalein, Hawaii, Hamilton, Johnston </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">June Kwajalein, Guam, Okinawa, Hawaii, Johnston (note the battle for Okinawa was just ending in June ). There was still sporadic fighting when he landed. Jack helped evacuate “litter cases” and transport troops.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">July Guam, Okinawa,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Aug Guam, Okinawa, Tokyo (Aug 31), Atsugi, Oki (just 3 weeks after Hiroshima).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt;">Sept Atsugi, Oki, Saipan, Kwajalein, Johnston, Hawaii, Hilo, Manila, Leyte, Guam</span></div>
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<span lang="EN">With respect to Alaska, Bronson believes that Allen, the youngest of the four brothers, is correct. Jack flew several "secret" missions to unspecified locations. Whether Alaska means "Fairbanks" or somewhere in the Aleutians is a good question. Alaska was mentioned in our conversations at home. Jack talked about moving to Alaska and homesteading after the war, and expressed some regret that he didn't give it a try. </span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Aug 28, 1945</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> An advance communications team flew in to Atsugi Airfield near Tokyo. Under the protection of Imperial Army units, this team set up the control tower and communication equipment necessary for occupation forces to land. On Aug. 30, Mission 75 began, and it ended 13 days later without a single fatal aircraft accident. The 1,336 C-54 flights brought the 11th Airborne Division, the 27th Infantry Division and advanced echelons of Gen. MacArthur's headquarters, Far East Air Forces, the Eighth Army and an initial ATC detachment into Atsugi Airport.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Aug 30, 1945</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> Special Mission 75 ferried 39,928 occupation troops and 8,202 tons of supplies from a staging area in Okinawa to Japan. The mission used 259 C-54s and 360 B-24 bombers as cargo planes and associated aircraft.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Jack's log book says he flew a C54-B and he carried 11th Airborne Infrantry and 3 Jeeps from Okinawa to Tokyo (Atsugi)</span></div>
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Date of Event</div>
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Date Ended</div>
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Military Serial Number</div>
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Signed By</div>
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<br /></div>
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Enlisted U.S. Army</div>
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6Jan1940 at Fort Mcdowell, Calif</div>
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24 Dec 1942</div>
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6584227</div>
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<br /></div>
</td> </tr>
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Private 1<sup>st</sup> Class, Sp3c1, U.S. Army</div>
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Graduation Air Corp Technical School, 10<sup>th</sup> Air Base Squadron</div>
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6 June 1941</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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E.W. Duncan, Colonel, </div>
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Corporal</div>
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Graduation Airplane Pilot</div>
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5 August 1942</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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T.L. Gilbert, Colonel; Calude L. Prichard, Major</div>
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Staff Sargent</div>
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Longevity Pay</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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Flight Officer</div>
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<br /></div>
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Appointed Flight Officer 24 Dec 1942</div>
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9May 1943</div>
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T-186759</div>
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<br /></div>
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1<sup>st</sup> lieutenant, Air Corps</div>
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Presidential Commission to Lieutenant</div>
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8 January, 1945</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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General Golembieski, Adjutant General</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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1<sup>st</sup> lieutenant, Air Corps</div>
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Service Period</div>
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Began Service: 9May 1943</div>
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Discharged from Service: 16Dec 1945</div>
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0520497</div>
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E.J. Sorensen, Captain</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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