493rdBG Major Paul Spinnato: The Quiet Man by Judith Spinnato The caliber .50 machine gun was supposed to be fired in short round bursts but, in their exuberance, young gunners in-training, who…
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Flying from RAF Rattlesden in Suffolk, England, navigator 2nd Lt. Robert E. Femoyer’s actions on November 2, 1944 on a mission to Merseburg, showed the highest level of dedication to his crew. He…
Jack Mathis attended school in his hometown and enlisted in the Army in June 1940, at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. He served for six months with the 1st Field Artillery at Fort…
MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENT– On February 20, 1944, Lieutenant William Lawley emergency landed his B-17 despite his own serious life-threatening injuries, saving injured crew members. William “Bill” Robert Lawley, Jr. was born in…
Forward written by Museum volunteer, Albert S. Pela, Jr. My dad (Albert S. Pela, Sr.) deployed in Feb. ’44 to Thorpe Abbotts UK, home to the 100th BG, 350th squadron. His routine…