[SandRat]

Dennis "Casey" Jones, a World War II veteran of the 13th Air Force, was shot down in the Pacific Theater in his B-24J Liberator. Jones was later rescued in the Philippines after spending more than a month walking through one of the islands.

[Constitution Day]

It was on his 18th bombing mission, aboard a B-24J Liberator named Li'l Jo Toddy , on Nov. 1, when his luck and that of the nine other crew members ran out.

Nose art of "Lil Jo Toddy"

[Constitution Day]

BTTT

[JOE43270]

SandRat, you found a Great One here. MSgt. Jones is an Airman I will hold on a high level. I was an Airman long after him and I hope I carried on in a manner he would have been proud of.