UPL 20427
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Official USSAF photo. Original caption : Left to right : 1st Lt. Frank R. Hodges, Kosciusko, Miss.; 1st Lt. William E. Keefer, Torrance, Calif.; 1st Lt. Harold K. Kendall, Chariton, Iowa; 1st Lt. Earl C. Kent, Keene, Calif. And 1st Lt. Leland J. Rath, Almond, Wis., all of whom received Air Medals.” [ Awards ceremony in North Africa – photo sent on 3 March 1943 through Evaluation Unit, AAF from 9th Combat Camera Unit, Cairo, Egypt. Lieutenants Hodges, Keefer, Kendall, Kent and Rath were all members of the 93rd Bomb Group. ]
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Units
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-433371
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-35607
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17032797 at enlistment in 1941 / 0-724625
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16019012 and O-442942
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 16046212 at the time of his enlistment in 1941
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
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