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CoWallis, Lauren L.
No full textLauren L. CoWallis. Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 558th Bombardment Squadron, 38th Bombardment Group, 9th Air Force.
1 September 1921 - 6 December 1944.
Air Medal with four clusters. Purple Heart. After serving from July 1942 Bombardier CoWallis was killed in action over Duren, Prussia. Previous to joining 9th Air Force he was aerial gunnery instructor with 8th Air Force in Africa. Bangor resident fifteen years. Milo High School 1939. Salesman and sheet-metal worker.
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Jones, Richard Brooks
No full textRichard Brooks Jones. Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 32nd Photo Reconnaissance Squadron.
7 September 1921 - 20 April 1944.
Killed in action aboard the transport Paul Hamilton off Algiers. Trained with 480th and 847th School Squadrons and 389th Naval Training Squadron. Purple Heart. Eagle Scout. Amateur photographer. Bangor High School, 1939. Studied; University of Maine, Park\u27s Air School, Curtis Wright Technical Institute. Aircraft inspector. A man of many friends.
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Kobritz, Joseph Herbert
No full textJoseph Herbert Kobritz. Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 5 October 1913 - 20 April 1943
Fighting as an aerial gunner, after long training in many phases of military aviation, he died in action over Germany. Born in Bangor, he attended Bangor grammar and high schools. He was in civil life a store-keeper. Entered the service from Georgia before the start of the war. Purple Heart.
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Comstock, Horace Nathan
No full textHorace Nathan Comstock. 2nd Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces.
24 August 1921 - 24 February 1944.
Pilot of a fighter plane, he died in combat in the air over Italy. Born in Clarksville, N.H. Graduated from St. Johnsbury Vermont Academy, 1939. Moved to Bangor, 1940. In the feed business in civil life, he enjoyed as recreations swimming, skating and skiing. Entered the service 18 May 1942.
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Cullinan, Jr., Dennis T.
No full textDennis T. Cullinan, Jr. Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces, 364th Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group. 5 November 1919 - 17 May 1943.
Enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1938, served in Panama. Trained at Sheppard Field and Las Vegas Gunnery School. Assigned, 19th Bombardment Group and wounded at the Coral Sea, May 1942. After recovery was assigned to the 305th Bombardment Group. Killed in action over Lorient, France. Gunner on B-17F(42-5219). Purple Heart.
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Reynolds, Kenneth P.
No full textKenneth P. Reynolds. Sergeant, U.S Army Air Forces. 708th Bombardment Squadron 447th Bombardment Group.
30 June 1917 - 25 November 1944.
Radio operator. Aerial gunner. Air Medal for action over Europe. Distinguished Flying Cross for action at Rabaul, New Britain. Fought also at Pearl Harbor, Midway, Guadalcanal; Bougainville with 11th Bombardment Group. Killed in action, Merseburg, Saxany, Germany. Purple Heart. Bangor grade schools. Machias High School. Washington State Normal School. Farmer.
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Taylor, Charles John
No full textCharles John Taylor. 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps - 21st Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.
31 July 1921 - 27 July 1944.
Graduated, University of Maine, 1942, BA in business administration, and entered the Marine Corps. Trained at Quantico, Virginia. Commissioned, 1942. Fought at Bougainville, Solomon Islands. Fell in action at Guam, Marianas Islands. Mathematics honors at John Bapst High School. Graduated, 1938. At college was a varsity baseball player. Purple Heart.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/book_of_honor_images/1054/thumbnail.jp
Bradt, Wilber Elmore
No full textWilber Elmore Bradt.
Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Infantry. 172nd Infantry Regiment Combat Team.
1 February 1900 - 1 December 1945.
Legion of Merit. Purple Heart with cluster. Silver Star with two clusters. Bronze Star. Commanded 169th Field Artillery, Munda; 152ndm New Guinea; 172nd Infantry, Tokyo. Died, Washington, D.C., of accident. Phi Beta Kappa. Ph.D., Indiana University, 1926. Head Chemistry Department, University of Maine. Beloved teacher. Learned student of electro-organic chemistry.
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Dedication: City of Bangor, World War II Memorial, Book of Honor
Get PDFBegnning at 9:00 AM, May 31, the Book of Honor, in its special case, flag guarded, will be on perpetual display in the foyer of the Bangor Public Library, there to remain until other provision may be made. A page of the Book will be turned each day, God willing, forever.
The title page of the Book reads Bangor Remembers Her Sons Who Died for Victory, 1941-1945 . Following pages which carry the speeches read during tonight\u27s program, are 101 separate pages each one carrying the photograph and brief biography of a Bangor man who died for victory. Then follows a page carrying the names of nine Bangor men who died but of whom photographs were not available to the City in time for inclusion in the Book. Lastly comes a colophon page telling how and by whom the Book was made. The biographical pages are arranged in the order in which the men died.
The photographs are of uniform size, enlarged or reduced from originals lent by relatives. All biographies are of identical length -- fifty words -- whatever the rank or grade of the man. Each biography gives the man\u27s military record, his decorations, his schools, his civil occupation, and something of his personal interests, his serial or file number, his dates of birth and death, his rank, grade, or rating and his unit at death.
The Book is entirely engrossed and illuminated by hand. It is bound by hand in the finest leather, gold tooled, and with the seal of the City and the insignia of the services on its cover. There is no other copy.
The colophon page, which tells of the making of the Book, reads as follows: Commissioned October 1944, by the City Council of the City of Bangor, Maine, Henry C. Knowlton, Chairman with the advice of Horace S. Estey City Manager. Compiled by the Librarian and Staff of the Bangor Public Library. Written by L. Felix Ranlett, Librarian. Engrossed by Irving Bookstein, Boston, Massachusetts. Bound by Frederick W. Young, Harcourt Bindery, Boston, Massachusetts. Photographic copying by Preston M. Williams, Bangor and Cooper Studio of Photography, Brookline, Massachusetts. Finished March 1947.
A photographic reproduction of the Book, full size, but less sumptuously illuminated and bound, is being made and will later be available at the Bangor Public Library for public handling. The reproductions of pages being presented by the City to designated relatives are made photographically and illuminated by hand.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/books_pubs/1273/thumbnail.jp
The pictorial history of the 444th Bombardment Group, very heavy special
Get PDFDedication
War brings glory and war brings death. Let no man think the former compensates the latter. This book is not dedicated to the glories of a great combat record. It is a memorial to those who gave their lives to make that record. They are the only heroes. No rank, medals, or words of praise can do justice to their sacrifices.
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