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Schaller, Henry Overseas Deployment to Italy
Henry Schaller received his pilot's wings in 1944. After he graduated, he was a second lieutenant.
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Schaller, Henry Prewar to Pilot Wings
Henry Schaller was born in April 1924 in Chicago, Illinois. He attended school there until he went to college.
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Schaller, Henry Thanking the Tuskegee Airmen
Henry Schaller got discharged. He flew home in a new plane that nothing worked in. He flew from Italy to Africa and then to the Azores.
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Schaller, Henry The War Ends
Henry Schaller's bomber [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 FLying Fortress heavy bomber] flew at 23,000 feet.
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Scheerer, Richard After the War
Richard Scheerer never spoke much about the war after he got home. He just wanted to forget it.
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Scheerer, Richard Becoming an Army Officer
Richard Scheerer was on the streets of Little Rock when he learned of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Scheerer, Richard Deployment to England
Richard Scheerer was sent to New York where he boarded a ship bound for England.
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Scheerer, Richard Early Life
Richard Scheerer was born in December 1915 and grew up in Kansas City [Annotator's Note: Kansas City, Missouri].
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Scheerer, Richard Hospitalized
The following day, Richard Scheerer was sent to a hospital on shore. One day Scheerer had to have his lungs aspirated.
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Scheerer, Richard Normandy
Richard Scheerer does not recall hearing any news about D-Day prior to crossing the Channel.
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Scheerer, Richard One Day in Combat
Richard Scheerer never wrote any of his men after he was wounded and sent home and none of his men wrote him.
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Scheerer, Richard Wounded and Evacuated
When Richard Scheerer was hit he had shell fragments in the heart sack and his left lung.