Joseph Louis Curreri
Military
Personal photo collection of family.
Object Number - UPL 33976 - Sergeant Joseph Louis Curreri
Inducted: 29 January 1942 - Camp Upton, New York
Discharged: 1 October 1945 - Fort Dix, New Jersey (Service: 3 years 8 months 3 days)
Decorations and Citations:
Distinguished Unit Badge with one oak leaf cluster (for second award)
Good Conduct Medal
Croix de Guerre Avec Palm dtd 19 May 1945 (Croix de Guerre - War Cross with Palm - noting second award)
World War II Victory Medal
European African Middle Eastern Service Medal with 9 battle stars (1 silver 4 bronze)
Battles: Central Europe, Southern France, Naples Foggia, Tunisia, North Apennies, Rhineland, Rome-Arno, Sicily
Service in USA: 11 months 27 days
Foreign Service: 2 years 8 months 6 days
Connections
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
- Nicknames: Sessanta Nova?
- Unit: 17th Bomb Group 95th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Decimo
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Hörsching Airdrome; Blue Danube Airport Linz
Revisions
Removed "2 spaces" in the S/N to aid clarity & consistency.
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
