Earle M Craig Jr
MilitaryFlew 16 fighter-escort, dive-bombing and napalm-bombing missions in P-47s from Ie Shima, near Okinawa, in July and August 1945. Witnessed the Nagasaki atom bomb explosion from the air on 9 August 1945. Released from active duty in October 1946.
AM w/ 1 Oak Leaf Cluster/ Distinguished Unit Badge/ Asiatic-Pacific Theater Medal w/ 3 Battle Stars/ Army of Occupation Japan Medal
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Born |
Rochester, Pennsylvania | 26 March 1924 |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self