B-24

A B-24 bomber crew receives medals for having sunk a 550 foot Japanese cruiser in the South China Sea on August 10, 1944. Here General Chennault pins the Distinguished Flying Cross on 1st. Lt. Lee Cunningham. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

B-24 crew receives medal after sinking 550-foot Japanese cruiser in the South China Sea on August 19, 1944. Left to right: Capt. Jay E. Levan, 1st Lt. John D Shytle, Jr., 1st Lt. Lee O. Cunningham, T/Sgt. Harry A. Neiss, 2nd Lt. William R. McCaffrey, Jr., S/Sgt. Lawrence F. Bowar, T/Sgt. Charles W. Hemsley, S/Sgt. Thomas J. Murphy, S/Sgt. Bruce...

Near the new runway, Sgt. Neibuhr, Cpl. Carning, and Cpl. Zamoidu repair of a bullet hole in a B-24 in the CBI. Photo by Capt. Charles S. Welbourne. 1943. Image courtesy of Tony Strotman.

Walter S. Polchlopek\'s wife and baby son. His son as a young child. His son as a proud member of the ROTC--but as a sole surviving son of a war loss, he was in fact not eligible for ROTC, and and was eventually removed. ---INCOMPLETE DRAFT--- In progress--- Walter S. Polchlopek, Corporal, was lost on May 20, 1944, over the...