Oregon

In this place we will have a biography of Edgar P. Loomis, who was tragically lost while flying over Burma. His family have been very gracious to let us learn about him, and to hear that they still think of him. Mr. Loomis attended the University of Oregon. We have extensive materials, including some of the letters he wrote to...

Harvey A. Nysteen, CBI MIA/KIA. Tragically, it appears that Harvey\'s brother Norman was also lost during the war. Any information on Mr. Nysteen to add here to his memorial web page, please contact Pat at pat@rshonor.org. Information from National WWII Memorial: BRANCH OF SERVICE U.S. Army Air Forces HOMETOWN Bend, OR HONORED BY Ms. Elaine Sarnoff, Niece ACTIVITY DURING WWII...

Pilot Richard D. Harris seeing the sights in Prineville, Oregon, during WWII.

Richard "Dick" Harris in service in Lewiston, Idaho, in 1942. Hand colored image. From February to October 1945, Richard Daniel Harris flew C-46 military transport aircraft between India and China through the Himalayas in support of the war effort against Japan, carrying every kind of material or personnel over "the Hump." Only a young man only in his early twenties...

A boxing match between 14th Air Force soldiers Mark M. Conn, Fred Andrews, and Johnny Babic. Sadly Fred Andrews died from complications from an operation shortly after the war finished, and he had returned to civilian life in Oregon, on 24 Mar 1946.

We rolled into Bronte, Texas—one odd errant American and two journalists from China—unsure of what to expect. We were all a long way from home, but for Mr. SUN Hong, a reporter from the Liuzhou Daily, and Mr. HUANG Xiling, a videographer from the Liuzhou TV Station, the rolling mesquite-covered earth was a world away from the karst mountain country...