Roger Skjei
Military | 93rd Bomb Group
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John George Abajian
Military
John Abajian piloted 28 missions in a B-24 out of England over enemy territory and received many commendations for heroism. After his combat tour ended, he was sent to Walla Walla Air Base to train pilots. Here, he met Mary Lou Hooper at the air base and they married on Oct. 18, 1945. They were married for 66 years, until John's death in March 2012. Mary Lou died just months later, in June 2012.
Service
People
Units served with
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93rd Bomb Group
Group
The 93rd Bombardment Group (Heavy) was activated 1 Mar 42 at Barksdale Field, Louisiana. On 15 May 42. the Group moved to Ft. Myers, Florida, to continue advanced flight training and also to fly antisubmarine patrols over the Gulf of Mexico. They...
Associated Place
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Hardwick
Military site : airfield
Planned as an RAF bomber airfield, Hardwick was used first by the 310th Bomb Group, equipped with B-25 Mitchells. B-24 Liberators of the 93rd Bomb Group moved in briefly in March 1943, then returned in June 1943 remaining until the end of the war and...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Bell, CA, USA | 9 December 1919 |
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To George and Thelma Abajian. One of six children, John was the first to be born in America. |
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| Lived in | Los Angeles County, CA, USA | December 1941 |
| Enlisted | Los Angeles, CA, USA | 16 December 1941 |
| Lived in | Walla Walla, Washington | 1945 |
| Died | 2 March 2012 | |
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 18 October 2017 14:30:24 | Lucy May | Changes to person associations |
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https://www.ancestry.co.uk/boards/surnames.skjei/18/mb.ashx?pnt=1 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 18 October 2017 14:28:24 | Lucy May | Changes to middlename, service number, highest rank, role, biography, events and place associations |
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NARA enlistment record: https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=1&cat=all&tf=... https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=104062149 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:16:03 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / roster |
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