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The long journey home: 2nd Lt. Milton Leonard Hymes, Jr. | The Current

At age 22, 2Lt. Milton Leonard Hymes, Jr., the navigator aboard a B-24J Liberator heavy bomber, took off from an airbase in Norfolk, England, on an ill-fated mission deep into Nazi occupied Poland. Eight decades later, he’s returned home.

Milton Hymes, Jr., was born in Savannah, on April 21, 1922, to Milton and Georgia Hymes. He grew up on East 39th Street and attended Savannah High, where he played football, was in the Glee Club, ROTC, and aspired to be a country doctor. He and his family were members of Congregation Mickve Israel and he was engaged to be married upon his return home.

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