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McKinnon, Donald Aldrich
No full textDonald Aldrich McKinnon. Ensign, Navy Air corps, U.S. Navy. Squadron 3, Flight X, Naval Air Station, Whiting Field, Milton, Florida.
18 December 1920 - 27 May 1945.
Sworn in, October 1942. Received Navy wings of gold at Pensacola, August 1944. Instructor at DeLand, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; and Whiting Field. While teaching dive bombing died in training-plane accident, Brewton, Alabama. In civil life a carpenter. Played football for Bangor High School in his senior year. Graduated 1939.
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Annual Report, Bangor, Maine: 1947
Get PDFDuring 1947, the city experienced 20 snowstorms varying from 1 inch to 12 inches and the total snowfall for the year amounted to approximately 63 inches. No particular difficulties were encountered in handling these storms and traffic was maintained at all times, with snow removal work being carried out promptly. Twice during January, the city experienced freezing rain storms which coated the streets and sidewalks with a sheet of ice making traffic conditions extremely dangerous. Prompt action on the part of the department by applying salt and sand prevented any serious tie-ups of traffic and greatly reduced the danger of accidents. To combat these slippery conditions, the department used 1493 cubic yards of sand and peastone on the streets, and approximately 500 cubic yards of sand on the sidewalks and 130 tons of salt on the hills and main traffic arteries in the downtown areas.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/city_ban_report/1018/thumbnail.jp
An Unofficial History of the 500th Bombardment Group
No full textForeword
There was a certain irony in the face saving surrender of the Japanese after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaka, for it came when the war against their Empire had already been decided. When the B-29s moved into the Marianas, the war moved into a different epoch. Before the use of the atomic bomb, the US had proved that it could wipe out Japanese cities, one after another, without the need to bring ground troops to close quarters at all. When the war ended, the AAF had the ability to knock out a city a night with incendiary attacks alone.
The chief agents of the annihilation of the land of the rising sun were the Superforts and the people who made up the Bombardment Groups that supported, maintained and flew them. This book is about just one of those Groups, the 500th, which came under the command of the 73rd Bombardment Wing, pioneer in carrying the full strategic, striking power of the Air Forces to the heart of Japan.
The pictures that follow were selected because of interest to former men of the 500th and are not intended to portray the broader history of the Pacific War nor even of the total B-29 program on Saipan. Inasmuch as possible, only photographs that tell a story were chosen. The people in the scenes are there because of what they are doing and not because they were members of a certain Squadron or Section.
Due to combat losses, reorganization and other exigencies of military service, many men frequently changed from one responsibility to another. Quite often a position was held by several people during the course of the Group\u27s history. For this reason, only top command and staff personnel who held those positions during the peak of the 500th\u27s effort against the enemy are pictured in that section of this volume.
It is my hope that you feel, as I do, that we had the privilege of serving our country in the best Group in the world\u27s best Air Force.
Glenn E. McClur
On the way! The story of the 91st Division Artillery
Get PDFThis is the story of an artillery outfit in World War II. Most of it had to be written after that war was over and the outfit scattered over the land. It very likely has as many bugs in it as the post-war auto.
Only two sources of information were available from which to piece this story together. One was the official history of the 91st Division Artillery which bristled with facts and figures, but told little about men and their lives. Whatever was missing, I tried to supply from my memory.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1030/thumbnail.jp
The saga of the 708 Railway Grand Division
Get PDFBeginning of Chapter 7, Conclusion:
In this book, the author has not attempted to give a complete history of the Military Railway Service. And in a sense, the task of the author has been a painful one. Limitations of space have precluded the inclusion of many episodes, vignettes, descriptions and analyses. Consequently, most of the personnel concerned have had to remain anonymous.
War is not only a matter of facts and statistics. It is experience, and no others can quite understand that experience. The author has tried to tell the story of the war as it came to our organization how it looked and felt, and what our activities were during the fighting. The splendid performance of the 708th reflected credit on all of our personnel rather than on any individual or small group of individuals. This book is intended primarily for personnel of our immediate headquarters, and I trust they will understand and forgive me for not including their individual chapters.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1098/thumbnail.jp
Marsh, Jr., Guy
No full textGuy Marsh, Jr. Technical Sergeant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 760th Squadron, 460th Bombardment Group.
25 February 1920 - 30 June 1944.
On his thirty-first bombing mission from Italy, as radio gunner of a B-24, he fell in action at Tapoloza, near Lake Balaton, Hungary. Enlisted 1 January 1943. Trained at nine airfields. Graduated, Bangor High, 1937. Engaged in many sports. Employed in aircraft construction. Air Medal with two oak-leaf clusters. Purple Heart.
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St. Germain, Glenn
No full textGlenn St. Germain. 2nd Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 4 November 1909 - 22 March 1943.
His p-38 fighter disappeared in action near Bou Hamran, Tunisia. Bangor High School, 1927. Marion Institute, 1932. Civilian flyer. Volunteered, Royal Canadian Air Force, 1941. Transferred to Royal Air Force. Fought in the Dieppe Raid. Transferred to U.S. Army. Participated in North African Invasion, December 1942. Presidential Citation. Purple Heart.
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Condon, Merle Lawrence
No full textMerle Lawrence Condon. Corporal, U.S. Army Infantry. 446th Replacement Company, 5th Replacement Battalion.
20 June 1909 - 26 September 1944.
In August 1942 re-entered the Army for the war, having earlier served six years at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Trained at Camp Pickett, Virginia. Went to England, December 1943. Fought in the campaigns of Normandy and Northern France. Died from accidental discharge of a firearm by a French civilian. Presidential Accolade.
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Kilpatrick, Jr., Donald Murray
No full textDonald Murray Kilpatrick, Jr. 1st Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Force. 492nd Bombardment Group, 859th Bombardment Squadron 8th Air Force.
27 December 1921 - 8 July 1944.
Air Medal with oak-leaf cluster. Purple Heart. Piloting a B-24 Liberator, he flew fourteen missions, until he fell near Magdeburg and Bernberg, Germany. Presque Isle High School, 1938. University of Maine, 1942. Junior class president. Senior class treasurer. Phi Kappa Phi. His wife and daughter, Nancy, are natives of Bangor.
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Follett, John R.
No full textJohn R. Follett. First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces. 27th Fighter Squadron, 1st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force.
11 February 1923 - 21 November 1944.
Silver Star. Air Medal with three clusters. Purple Heart. Completed forty-seven combat missions from Italy. Died, a fighter pilot, leading his squadron of p-38 dive bombers, victoriously against the enemy at Rogatica, Yugoslavia. Bangor High School, 1940. Student, Maine School of Commerce. Ship fitter. Entered the Army 1 March 1943.
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