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To: virgil283

“Berlin Sleeper II” was the first B-17 to complete 100 missions..and was returned to the States for training purposes..


13 posted on 07/01/2013 9:48:03 AM PDT by ken5050 (Due to all the WH scandals, MSNBC is changing its slogan from "Lean Forward" to "BOHICA")
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To: ken5050

My late uncle Lloyd received the DFC and Silver Star for his heroics aboard a B-17 coming back from a raid over Germany.
After the war, he came home to Toledo, went to work for the Post Office and delivered mail and did plumbing until his last years...


15 posted on 07/01/2013 10:04:07 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (NRA Life Member)
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