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<div> My dad served in the infantry with Patton but three of my uncles flew in WW2. One flew B-25's, one flew B-29's and my uncle Louis was the pilot in command of a B-26 Marauder. Unfortunately, he was lost on his 36th (of 37 missions) over Sicily on January 1944 (at the age of 24). His plane had a fire in the bomb bay while on the run to the target and then took a direct flack hit in the #1 (left) engine. Only two crew members made it out. For his actions he received the Distinguished Flying Cross.</div>
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<div>I am very proud and greatful for all that the Greatest Generation did to preserve our freedom. <br>
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Thanks for sharing, it was really great to watch it.</div>
<div>Ed</div>
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<div style="FONT-FAMILY: arial,helvetica; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">-----Original Message-----<br>
From: Keith Black <tkeithblack@gmail.com><br>
To: General pattern discussion <nsrca-discussion@lists.nsrca.org><br>
Sent: Tue, May 3, 2011 8:41 am<br>
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Off topic, but worth while - Uncle Jack<br>
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<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #fff; MARGIN: 0px; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif; COLOR: #000; FONT-SIZE: 12px" id=AOLMsgPart_0_02d0e702-3602-48f0-820f-1859b1e142f7><PRE style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt"><TT>Amazing, I'm sure you're very proud of your father! I figured people
on this list would have personal connections to this story.
Keith
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 7:00 AM, Del <<A href="mailto:drykert2@rochester.rr.com">drykert2@rochester.rr.com</A>> wrote:
> Thanks very much for sharing Keith. My Dad manned the ball in 17's for 35
> missions.
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> Del
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> Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 8:39 PM
> Subject: [NSRCA-discussion] Off topic, but worth while - Uncle Jack
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>> This is a nice piece, I thought some of you might enjoy.
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