FRE 9931
IMAGEHubert Zemke, later commanding officer of the 56th Fighter Group, in the Citizens Military Training Camp in 1930. Zemke has handwritten on the reverse: 'June 1930 CMTC, Fort Missaula Mont, In front of the field we lived in. The boxing ring appears in the background. Here Zemke won the Idaho Wyoming Montana Middle Weight boxing championship at age 16 years (not without a few black eyes!).'
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 479th Fighter Group 56th Fighter Group Headquarters (479th Fighter Group) Headquarters (56th Fighter Group)
- Service Numbers: O-022353
- Highest Rank: Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot / Commander