Feb. 1 to 13th, 1942
On the 1st we engaged the enemy on SILAIM POINT, ANAYSAN POINT and were to continue this through the 12th. Heavy action throughout this period… Read More »Feb. 1 to 13th, 1942
17th Pursuit Squadron
December 16, 1941
Lts. Brownwell, Crosby, Stone, and myself, all from the 17th Pursuit Squadron, were told to go back to Nichols, take over the 17th and reorganize… Read More »December 16, 1941
December 12, 1941
The next morning Dorothy drove me to the Army and Navy Club where I was to meet the truck. Then came our first parting. Dorothy… Read More »December 12, 1941
December 10, 1941
When I got to the field, Sgt. King, the line chief, told me that all his crew had left the field. He could not get… Read More »December 10, 1941
December 9, 1941
Dorothy got home early the next morning. After an early breakfast she drove me out to Nichols so that she would have the car instead… Read More »December 9, 1941
December 8, 1941
At 4:00 o’clock in the morning, on December 8, 1941, the ringing of the telephone woke me up, and as I went to answer it,… Read More »December 8, 1941