Their brother Bob joined the Navy when he turned 17 and was in basic training when the war ended in 1945.
Her mother's brother Leroy Blattner joined after the Pearl Harbor attack and was an Air Force pilot. On August 3, 1944, another plane crashed into his Marauder B-26 bomber in France. This caused a crash and his whole crew was killed.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Kansas Family Made Ultimate Sacrifice-- Part 2: Another One Died in France
Labels:
B-26 Marauders,
brothers,
France,
Kansas,
plane crash
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