THE AIR FORCES ESCAPE & EVASION SOCIETY FaIl L996 Communications

VOI-UME 9 _- NUMBER 5 WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS SEPTEMBER 1. 1996 'We're the ones that came back' From the Muncie (Ind.) Star and scrapburks. magazine of the American Society of the Press, Wednesday, June 19, 1996 Her husband. Gus. was shot down French t-egion of Honor, and we were By MIRIAM BALES over the province of Normandy in given permission to reprint it in booklet (Our Neighborhood Columnist) occupied in May 1944. Over the florm. Thel gathered from near and far. next 3 months he would be hidden, first Gus then asked me to translate the Thev came from both sides

Volume 9 -- Number 5 September l,1996 PRESIDENT DICK SMITH CTIAIRMAN: . . . on thejob at Savannah *Ralph K. Patton, 5000 Alden Drive, pittsburgh, pA 1522o-1023;4r2-343-as,7o Dick PRESIDENT: Smith made x*Richard M. Smith, Rt. 2, Box 222,Battle Lake, MN 56515-9458; 2r8-4gs-2ro6 first Plouha boat VICE PRESIDENT: x*Russel s. weyland, l l 17 w. Northeast shore Drive, Mcl{enry, IL 6@50-921 1; Phone (o) srS-459-2O7! (FI) 815_385_4378 TREASURER: **t

Office: 81 15 Preston Rd., Suite 240, Dallas, TX 75225; 214_373_1670 xEdward J. Spevak, 1025 N. park St., Watertown, SD -57201; 605-g86_3396 assigned to the 95th BG. REPRESENTATIVE IN FRANCE: s Irslie A.G. Atkinson, 2 rue Alfred de Musset, 6665o Banyuls Sur Mer, France LEGALCOUNSEL: R.E.T. Smith Esq., PO Box 38, Wahpeton, ND 58074; 7Ot_&2_2666 C OMMUN IC A?IONS EDITOR: *'k*Larry and Plauha. He made the Grauerholz, PC) Box 250r, wichita Falls, 76307-25or: first TX ari-692-6ioo boal olf Bonapafte Beach and. tClass of 1997 **Class of l99B {.{.xclass of lggg AFEES coMMtNrcATroNs rs rHE oFFrcrALJouRNAr, oF THE ArR F,oRcEs ESCAPE & E\TAsroN socrETy. AFEES rs A TAx-EXEr,{pr vETERA}rs ORGA}IIZATION UIIDER IRS CODE 501 (C) (19). IT WAS FOI]NDED IN 1964 A}ID IS CHARTERED IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA. t

THE SOCIETY'S PURPOSE IS TO ENCOI'R,AGE MEI,IBERS HELPED BY THE RESISTANCE Valley, had three children in ORGA}TIZATIONS OR PATRIOTIC NATIONAIS TO CONTINUE EXISTING FR,IENDSHIPS seven years,lost his wife in an OR RENEW RELATIONSHIPS WITH THOSE WHO HELPED auto THEIT{ DURING THEIR ESCAPE accident. Married again in oR sVAsIoN. 1953. Retired the ELEGTBTLTTY REQUTRES IHAT oNE MusT HAVE BEEN A frorn .family u.s. ArRr{A}r, HE agricutturitl busineis tn igZS. ITIUST HA\TE BEEN FORCED DOWI.I BEHIND ENEMY LINES A}ID AVOIDED CAPTIVTTY' oR ESCAPED FRO!,I cAPTrvrTy To RETURN To ATLTED coNTRoL. a rN ADDrrroN To F\]LL I'{EMBERSHIP, crrIIER cATEGoRTEs oF MErrBERsHrp ARE: th HELPER. MEMBERS, AIiID FRIEND MEMBERS. in Page 3

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Capt. Frank C. Griffiths, England, RAF, March 23, 1996 #91 9 Joseph Gross, Cherry Hill, N.J., g6BG, May 2g, 1gg6 Charles L. Gurney ll, Buffalo N.y.,37gBG #333 Carroll F. Haarup, Jackson, Miss., 1OOBG, April 17, 1996 #1017 Theodore J. Krol, Crown Point, lnd., 4O1BG, May 10, 1996 #2591 James A. Luton, Nashville, Tenn., 422TCG, Jan. 22, 1996 #2265 gAF, Dave O. Snowden, Marietta, Ga., 31 sTCG, October 1 995 H ELPERS Mme. Eileen Le Bihan, Triel Sur Seine, France Mr. Claude Le Febure, Ramboulliet, France, May 20, 1996 Mr. Roger Poix, Lassigny, France, May 24, 1996 Mr. Job Mainguy, Binic, France, June 24, 1996 Mme. Janine Tovignon (LERAT), Loos-Les-Lille, France Mr. Jan H.C. Voges, Nunspeet, Holland, May 19, 1996

Frank Griffiths, RAF Grp. Capt. Frank C. Griffirhs, RAF, died March 23,1996. His Halifax went down the night of Aug. 14, 1943, while dropping supplies f#"1:T'J:ft:r;#fiJ3i1*. a border, crossed into Switzerland to be treated for injuries, then returned to l France to evade through Toulouse and Spain with AFEES member Joe Manos. Griffiths put in 41 years with the I RAF. He earned the Air Force Cross while working with an experimental squadron developing a blind landing system.

Jeannie atrl Job Mainguy in 1975 at Bonaparte Bectch French Helper dies Russell Cotts of DePere, Wis., Job Mainguy was part of Operation Bonaparte reports the death of Mc'rnsieur Claude Job Mainguy, age 93, of Binic in gunboat picked up 94 American airmen. LeFebvre on May 20, 1996. Russell westem France, passed away peacelully In later operations Job and Pierre Huet wntes: "Claude on June 24, 1996. Job was one of the were responsible for lcrcating and and his mother lived in Ram- French patriots who made Reseau identifying the land mines along the route boulliet, France, during the war and helped many airmen S helburne's "Operation Bonaparte" a to the beach. evade capture [remendous success. Job and Jeannie Mainguy were active including myself, Ed O'Day and J. I. Lindquist." A captain the French Merchant in the post-war organization known as Marine before the war, Job joined the 'The Friends of Bonaparte Beach at Eileen Yankus passes small Plouha" and were at every reunion band of Frenchmen who headed up of Eileen, 70, the wife o[ Tom Yankus, the American airmen in Brittany. They Brittany section of Operation died Feb. 19,1996, in lvlelbourne, Fla. Bonaparte visited the U.S. in 1976 when 50 in late 194.3 and was Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Eileen and Tom responsible lbr picking members of Reseau Shelburn were guests the small cove had been married for 50 vears. E a (Anse Cochet) of AFEES in Birmingham, Mich., Pitts- in which the British She had sufl-ered from emphys"-o tt/' burgh and New York City. several years. Page

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CA^IDLE LIGHTING -- Animpressive mernor Suvunnah, Ga., on Memoriul Dav 1996. Iruliv members or.friends who have passed on. Her Ie while Tommy Thomas of Morcis Plains, N.J., JAMES A. LUTON THEODORE J. KROL James Allen Luton Sr., 79, died Jan. Theodore J. Krol, age 77, passed away 22,1996, at Vanderbilt University Friday, May 10, 1996, in St. John,lnd. Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. Survivors include his wife, Virginia Survivors include his wife. Anna Annl five children, two sisters and one Bateman, one son, one daughter, six brother. grandchildren one sister. Services were held May 15 at St. CARROLL HAARUP and F. A native of Nashville, he graduated Michael's Catholic Church of Scher- Carroll Frederick Hinrup, E&E 333, a from Vanderbilt University. He was past erville, Ind. Bunal was in Arlington retired architect, died of heart failure Apnl president of the Woodmont Kiwanis National Cemetery. 17, 1996, at a hospital in Jackson, Miss. Club, was involved with the Boy Scouts Ted Krol, a bombardier, was a He was 76 years old. of America and taught Sunday school ai member of the 4O1BG and had received Services were conducted April 18 in Calvary Methodist Church for 25 years. the Purple Heart. His plane went down Clinton, Miss.. with bunal in the As a glider pilot in WW2, he was March 20, 194, near Sorssons. Veterans Affairs National Cemetery in shot down Sept. 18, 1994, during the He was a member of the VFW and Houston. Tex. invasion of Holland. He was rescued bv Pipefitters L-ocal 597. He shared many Carroll Haarup was born in Buena the DutchUnderground. fnendships through his love of golf. Vista County, Iowa. He served with the 100th BG of the 8th Air Force. He was Jan Voges helped the Allies at the Bridge Too Far listed as MIA when his B 1? was shot Jan H.C. Voges, a Colonel in the Dutch Cavalry, died May 18, 1996, at down Oct. 4, 1943. He returned to Nunspeet, Holland, in his 78th year. He was one of the most active workers in the England on the escape boat Breiz-Jzel. Dutch Resistance. in February 1944. He arded many Allied airmen and soldiers. At the Bridge Too Far, Jan was - Survivors include his wife, Ann: 3 on the Allied end of the bridge and helped many men to avoid being captured by the rtbe.X.laughters, 2 stepdaughters, a stepson, a enemy. In later years, he often remarked how the Chowhound flights saved srsl€r, a brother, 14 grandchildren and 3 thousasnds of Durch citizens from starvation. great-gandchildren. He is survived by his wife, Anneka, and one daughter, Annet. Page 6

Richard and Katherine Munsen in Kosi, Croatia, September I I, 1993 Dick Munsen returns to Croatia \rt By RICHARD MUNSEN of the Partisan Resistance Exhibition to coincide Story City, Iowa with our arrival. The dedication ceremonies were held in On the weekend that ( of Sept. lO; 1994,I returned town g to the towns two walki of Kastav and Kosi to thank the former were [wo agreb, the numb and his as houst hupP, Balkr no fi1 peod In May 1993, Ivo Matusic, a former Partisan in Yugoslavia, atiended the meeting of the Escape and wife i return to our base in ltaly. I also gave the mayor a Evasion Society in St. Louis, Mo. It was a thrilf for me copy of villa6 my book, Bail Out v,\er the Balkans, which Delni to meet and finally say "Thank You" to one of the tells about the 45 days my crew and I spent with the who pe-n who had helped me and my crew 49 years Partisans in March/A pil,' 1944. before. After the^meetins In Gr Ivo returned with mv wife At l0 a.m. on Sunday about 300 people and me to Story Engli City whlre he spent a week in our gathered in the village square of Kosi to give tribute home. to took a former Allied pilot. Of the 200 Allied airmen When whic I identified people d War II, I Kosi, a little vil place Gem -Kosi return. ned with a follo where we had I is and a Croatian areas near Rijeka on riatic and Auld L only a few miles from Ivo's home at Matulji. Ivo Speeches were given by Boris Detan. president becat invited us to visit Croatia and meet other former (mayor) of Kosi, Ivo and Dr. Blecnic, the doctor in Euro Partisans who helped me and my crew escape. A year charge - of three Partisan hospitals from 1943-1945. I , later, in September 1994, Kay and I flew to'Croatia responded by giving tribute to the many Partisans and -.\. and spent ten days with lvo and his wife, Milka. alon Much to our surprise, Ivo planned the opening (Corttinued on next page) the f

--!'- An exciting World War II story of a B-17 crew whose plane was attacked by eight f,'ocke-Wulf 190s. Forced to bail out of their burning plane, the men landed in the mountains of Yugoslavia. Guided by friendly Partisans the crew walked in the mountains for fortv- five days before reaching safety. Page I The realization of a S}-Year dream A5( By JETTY CooK IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIf IIITIIIII foreverS Hunt. Texas ,o, nearbY s saw the heights to which the human spirit is capable of rising i For two years I had planned a trip to "I !/ tocated there is a beliefln a cause. There were men and women from ther to coincide with the 50th when cox strata of society who willingly put their lives and their families (ru anniversary of the liberation of Belgium. every walk at risk to assist Allied This would be the realization of a dream lives airmen. German "It's hard to imagine in normal times that anyone would i-n c I've had for 50 years--the opportunitl'to !a!e Mme. a stranger who didn't speak their language and house, clothe_ f1{ upsrairs express my gratitude to those brave lnd their own miager rations knowing absolutely nothing of his *, people who helped me return to my them from uiong family in 1944. background thankful - "They knew that if and a This would be my sixth visit to caught, scent in concentration camp, or worse, y.of Belgium, thanks to my 32-year Air Force for another those patriots have gone sting he career. Wanda, my wife, accompanied me unknown time, \\' on the last three; Cindy, my youngest place." rvore, daughter, was with us on a 1973 visit. I IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITandhad returned to Leopoldsburg but couldn't Iour yea find any of the places where I was hidden. 27 other Belgians awaited us. All the had helpcd dunng the w'ar'; name, home Upo And, not knowing the names of Belgians people mentioned in "De Dcrdstraf als address, bomb group, dates, etc., and a returne( in the area who had helped me, I could Risico" (The Death Penalty as a Risk) by copy ol'the photos we carried with us to Burgem not locate any of them. So my trips Dr. J. Bussels of Hechtel-Eksel, be used to obtain false IDs in event we coffee t' pewter were primarily to Seraing, near Liege, Belgium, as having helpcd us evade were shot dou,n. I expressed surprise that I where I visited M. and Mme. Jean capture, and/or members of their families, he had kept those dunng thc war, heraldit Colleye, the family with whom I was were present. considering security in event he was The visit Jc hiding when liberated in September 1944. The first people to whom I was captured. He told me he kept the records insurance against who st In September 1994, Wanda and I, introtluce

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, as U.S. Army Air Corps Cadets, parks College (formerly Parks Air College), at Cahokia, Ill., Aug. 22-24, t996. Caders and others who took primary pilot AGAIN -- Three members of one- crew of the g63th Squadron, Ueraining at Parks College or one of the n,?j,!F-:,.,f.?.',,'.?f,"'!::"' th" tiqilq-n'itn ind"'e'nuv ,rvrr^.."\-- tralntng sltes in Sikeston, l::,"ryh'.Froi " Cape Girar- o r ), o{, c w o1 t a., e tp e r Ann-F i i t n)f 6}:, t o, o, deau, Tuscaloosa or Jackson. Spoin,?: !, !, 1y :g 1t f 1,. Q .l For info. Norut and Atber.t Cobb (rydio iperator) ,f W";";;;iite," N.C., call 6 18-337-'1 57 5. ext. pogue 364. arul Milte arut Leonard ioomuaidierl ,jniriiniii'iittr, Mich. Page 70 It was Dartv time in Savunnah! 230 members of About AFEEJ ,,'Tf ,*"J,"ilhiii,,, nou,,. I guests^ in attendnnce and were for :tor; Rouses point, N.y. portion of the reunion at Savctnnal 'MemoriatDayweekendinMay. Ga 7 ,ll,3i',1il';,i::::ffi""in' as compiledby Scotty David: KostNSKI, Anrhony and Eugenia; chicago, Ill. ALFORD, David and Dorothy; San Antonio, Tex. KUpSICK, John; Cottage Grove, Ore. ANDERSEN, Lester and Margaret; Springfield, Mass. LASHINSKy, Francis and Dorothy; Old Lyme, Conn. ANDERSON, Eugene C.; Freeland, Mich. LINCOLN, Joseph (Bill); Erie, pa. ANSLOW, James and Doris; Houston, Tex. LINDELL, Ernest and Constance; I'Ioses Lrke, Wash. ARMSTRONG, James and Nita;Thomasville, Ga. LINDELL, Lr. Col. Kathleen; SAFB, Wichira Falls, Tex. ASHMAN, Violette; Houston, Tex. LORING, Warren and Thelma; Monument Beach, Mass. BAKER, George Woods; Santa Monica, Calif. LUCKETT, Elizabeth; Jackson, Miss. BALES, William and Mariam;Muncie,Ind. LUEDECKE, Carol Spinning; Destin, Fla. BARNARD, Mary Beth;Savannah, Ga. MARCO, Virgil and Bobbie; Dallas, Tex. BEALL, Sylvia L.; Tampa, Fla. MARCEAU, peter; Ft. Belvoir, Va. BECK, Jennings and Mary; Ormond Beach, Fla. MARR. John and Normal Tallahassee. Fla. BODWELL, Russell and BarbaralGlen Head, N'Y. MARTiN, Clyde antt Ethelene; Mackinaw, Ill. BRANDT, Clarke; Aurora, Colo. MAyS. Howard and Dolores: Mesa. Ariz.. BREITENBACH, Louis and Anne;Cincinnati, Ohio McDONALD, Frank and Sybil; Fort Collins, Colo. BUCKNER, John and Betty; Hardeeville, S.C. M'KEE, Ralph and Elnor;Rockledge, Fla. CAGLE, Joseph; Southern Pines, N.C. McMICHAEL, Lloyd and Dorothy; Minnetonka, Minn. CARLSON, Charles and Elizabeth; Morris, Minn. MILLER. Edward and Genevieve: West Sedona. Ariz, CARROLL, Thomas and Evelyn; Tallahassee, Fla. MILLER, Gary and Dee; Savannah, Ga. CLARK, Paul and Bettye; Hixson, Tenn. MILLER, Karl;Elizabeth City, N.C. COBB, Albert and Nona;Waynesville, N.C. MURptry, Joseph an

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mcrnagement. (coN7'TNUED) WIGGINS, Walton and Betty; Morgan Hill, Calif. RAWLS, Jacob and Evelyn; Memphis, Tenn. WILLIAMS, Cliff and Mary; Nedertand, Tex. ROGOFF, Manuel; pirtsburgh, pa. YANDURA, John and Ethel; East Vandergrift, pa. ROSKEY, Otro V.; Chriesman. Tex. BELGIAN HELPERS RUCIGAY, John and Dororhy; Ballsron [,ake, N.y. AMBACH, Charlotte; Green Vallev. Ariz. SARGENT, Chloe; ptant Citv. Fla. BODSON, Herman; Taos, N.M. SCHAEFFER, Frank and Gulst, Wesr Bend, Wis. DALEY, Yvonne; Dunedin, Fla. SCOTT, Carl and Elizabeth; Columbus, Ohio FRENCH HELPERS SCOTT, Peter and Helen; Olcl Saybrook, Conn. ATKINSON, trslie and son Eric, Banyuls sur Mer, France SENFIELD, Pamela Lincoln; Erie. pa. AVIGNON, Dr. and Mrs. Bernard l.; St. Cyr_rur SHAWN, Gilbefi [_oire, France ; Longwood, Fla. FLOYD, Maita; phoenix, Ariz. SHIER, Mary Spinning; Burlingron, Iowa MOET, Jean Marie and Nicole; Noisy Le Grand, France SHOSS, David and Doris; Dallas. Tex. PAVAN, Paulette; Juvisy, sur SIMS, Orge, France Chrisrina; Santa Monica, Calif. DUTCH HELPERS n. FEITH, Ann; Barcelona, Spain FOLMER, Joke; Schiermonnikoog, Holland JASPERSE, Dr. Cornelis; Bergeschenhoek, Holland LEVIVELT, Mia; Lichtenvoorde, Holland STEAD, Jack and Mary Jane;Deaborn, Mich. LIND, Nel; Utrecht, Holland SAUR, Gabriel and Gene;Asheville, N.C., U.S.A. piet pieta; VAN VEEN, and Leimuiden, Holland VAN VEEN, pia; Leimuiden, Holland VAN REMMERDEN, George; Seal Beach, Calif. VRIJ, Jacques and ktti; Rijswrjk, Holland TROUP, David and Marjorie; Mishawaka,Ind. CANADIAN GUESTS TROUP, Julie; Tampa, Fta. LESLIE, Stuart an

--Savannah Photos by Scofi David, Gil Shawn, Letti Vrij and Jeanette Harris

CHANGE OF COMMAND -- 't Jim Goebet, right, the V:.i retiring president of_tn9 Escape & Evas{on Society, the { OLD FRIENDS -- Three members who hid out in t he n ew p r e s id e nt' th ai Y ", !t' F r etv al F or e st w hi le ev adin g had a c hanc e t o v i s i t f,ry'rn! :::,"::,1' ;Xi&:t again at Savannnh. Fromthe Iefi are Paul Clark of O Hixson, Tenn., William Davis of Ormond Beach, Fla., and Eugene Anderson of Freeland, Mich.

grwi ,31 Y,,i!k; Fr;r:I X:l*,(':tl ;1,'8' O Hannibal, Mo., met in Savannah for the first time since they were eva.ding through Spain 52 years ago. Page

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DWCH HELPERS -- Savannnhwas areunionfor this group of helpers lrom Holland. From krt: Gubriel Saur, Mia lclivelt, Cornelis Jusperse, Ann Feith, Jacqies Vrij, Nel Lind, Joke Folmer, Pieta Van Veen, Piet Van Veen and George Van Remnrcrden. Our Helpers gather at Savannah COMRADES -- Belgian helpers now living in the U.S. who were at Savannah were, from left: Yvonne Daley, Hermen Bodson and Chctrlotte Ambach-

RENDEZVOUS TIME -- lltis group of_French Heiti;i;;g;;;tgether the camera at the savannahreunionoqvu'fvlurr reufuon odthqo{rn9 for ls_capeps.cipe andbuasiona/t4 bvaston society.sorilty.- Fiii\n"Fromthe uft,-po;t";;lefr: Paulette i,;r"n.pavan, NicoleNic and Jean Moet, Maita Floyd, Mrs.^ and Dr. Bernarcl Avlgnon aitt Leslie Atkinson. Page 14 ctnru 'LfitleiLUttt George'hasueorge' ruu$ ua d:cr^t'n*ttu bin'l nf

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Qr ce Pa M N, t Ar ,l ITALIAN SffiLE -- Camerawonun Scotty herded up a group of our |Sth Air Force members for this picture at Savannah: From the left are Russel Wey:tand, Jithn Yandura, John Rucigay, TI Thomas Carroll, Lester Andersen, Tommy Thomas, Frank Ramsey and Frank l"ashinslqt. Fi Page 75 Five airmen jumped off the Phantom Trarn In a recent letter, Alfred Sanders of Rockledge, Fla., furnishes information concerning five airmen who jumped off the Phantom Train just north of North Station in in early September 1944 as the train was being prepared to transport 52 Allied airmen and about 1 ,500 other prisoners to German camps ahead of the advancing Allied troops.

(Forcomplete account of the PhantomTrain affair, see pages 4 and 5 ot 1992 Winter Communications).

Al writes: "Recently, I was able to contact John Bradley of Newhall, Calif., and we were able to determine just who the prisoners were who jumped off the train. "lt is strange that no one except Jake Thurmier (RCAF)seemed to remember it. His wife said that prior to his death, he had talked about it manytimes. "The list of those who jumped on Sept. 1, 1944, includestcludes William Rychman (E&E 1591), Bradley' (E&E 1590), Stewart LeslieL (Canadian), Royce MacGillvary and myselfmyself. "ldon't knowrv how long it took the rest of them to return to Enoland.England,g_land, but it took me six days.dayl -- Frank ce a was picked up by aC-47 at Amiens, France, on he AF Es uring Sept. 6 and flown to England. We took off from a Dcty serv in very small concealed airstrip. "l thought this bit of historical trivia might be of interest to some of our members." AFEES represented --AL SANDERS at Ardennes ceremony

CAUGHT BY THE CAMERA -- Our roving photographerfound Doris and Francis HarEins of Westminster, 5.C., in a good mood et Savannah. Page 76 ( E&E exhibit will tell our storY By RALPH K. PATTON confident that we can tell the story- One of the ideas advanced .*" Chairman, AFEES of our helpers within its confines. by the museu r staff revolves \vsrr, Those who were present The museum staff held a around the prized radio transmitter 8tt when the AFEES visited the brainstorming session on June 18 borrowed from Mme. Bozart- isr Mighty 8th Air Force Heritage to review the existing exhibit and Delfosse in Belgium by Gil SE\ Museum in Savannah on May 26 what can be done with the Shawn. This radio was used by may have come away slightly pictures, stories and memorabilia the father of Mme. Bozart to mc disappointed at the Escape and now in their possession. Lt. Gen. communicate with London and is a far Evasion exhibit as it was then E. G. (Buck) Shuler has assured rare item. The museum hopes to pr€ constituted. us that your committee will have make it the center of an audio Ge The museum staff fully input into the make-up of the section of the E&E exhibit. M( understands our chagrin and have revised E&E exhibit. Your AFEES The urgency of opening La dedicated themselves to making committee consists of Dick Smith, the museum on May 13 required changes in our exhibit to reflect our Clayton David, Paul Kenney and some shortcuts so a video tape Mi concerns. We are generally myself. All of us have volunteered was edited from existing tapes. A (R, pleased with the amount of space to go to Savannah to review the review and possible remake of this of allotted to the E&E exhibit and are finaldesigns when the time is right, video is in the discussion stage. vel Your committee believes that this tape should be oriented toward the arc story of our Helpers an( We have discussed with ah Gary Miller, the museum director, loc the need to identify photographs (Er on the "Wall of Honor." We have sid been assured that this will be l7: done. A committee atthe museum col

vel ffiffi'u You said Yes for As most of our nrembers know, I Fo have been supportive ol'the concept of an for 8th Air Force museum for more than a Vir decade. The r-easoning was all major museums so far had ignored ercape and the evasion and I did not n,ant E&E to be left of out of a new one. ln: Now that the museum is a reality, I far want to thank all our AFEES members rvho have backed this concept with their "B cash and their moral support. bel I realize that all of us are b,ombarded 8C)r with requests for contributions to worthy chi causes, many of them difficult to say' "No" to. WE WILL NEVER FORGET -- The Wall of Honor ctt the E&E To all of yt>u whcl said "Yes" to the exhibit at the 8th AF Heritage Museum includes photographs of some museum, my heartfelt THANKS! of our Helpers. More pictures (tre to be added to the displcty soon. ---RALPH K. PATTON Page 77 sA permanent home for the \th' Mighty Eighth Air shipping services should use the Pooler street address. to honor the more than Admission to the museum is bvby membershiomembership card ) ho have served in the or by purchasing tickets at $7.50 for adults.adults, $6.5O fofor 8th Air Force since it was created in Savannah in 1942, children ages six to twelve. Children under six are is now op€n to the public from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., admitted free. Group rates are available at $5.5O per seven days a week. person for groups of 20 people or more. Museum The museum opened its doors on May 13, with meeting facilities are available for rent by the public. more than 4,000 Eighth Air Force veterans and The museum gift shop is open for business every families from 38 states and three foreign countries day with a large se_lection of merchandise. A catalog present for the occasion. Among them were Brig. is being prepared for mail orders from the gift shop. Gen. Paul Tibbetts, Col. Gabby Gabreski, Col. Robert To get a catalog when it's published, send your name Morgan, and Medal of Honor iecipient Col. William and address to the Heritage Museum Gift Shop, P. O. Lawley. - Box 1992, Savannah, GA. 31q2. "We finally have a permanent home for the The most popular and moving exhibit in the Mighty Eighth," said Maj. Gen. kwis E. Lyle, USAF (Ret.) museum president, "and all of us can be proud of this museum facility. I think all Eighth Air Force veterans and their families are going to like it." the visitors move into the Mission Experience Theater inside the control tower where thev "flv" a lifelike World War II mission recreated through the use of film, sound and huge screens. The Mighty Eighth was created during the early (Exit 18) in Pooler, Ga. The museum is on the east days of World War II to carry the strategic air war to side the European mainl 175 strength, more than cont Eighth. More than led Heri and more than 28,00O were taken prisoners as the L:1402' Persons sending packages via package Eighth played a decisive role in aJfeating the Nazis. 't Museum salutes vets of three wars From the Thomasville, Ga., Chatham County commissioners donated during World War II, has written about 4O Times Enterprise the land and pledged financing. Many books, mostly on the Sth Air Force. Thursday, May 16, 1996 veterans said they never thought the "Magnificent," he said. "l've been museum would be built. promoting this hard overseas." That was before Shuler and retired The museum, still not completely (Ily the Asso<:iated Press) Gen. lrw Lyle of Hot Springs, Ark., got finished, includes World War Il-era mock POOLER, Ga. (Ap)--Thousands of involved. tighter planes, a German Messerschmitt veterans and their f amilies were on hand "You could say I'm Me-1638-la Komet rocket plane, a for the cpening of the Mighty gth Air numb...absolutely in awe of the building rebuilt Jeep, cut-away engines for the Ftlrce Museum, u,hich honors those who and its long-term potential," said the 78- P-51 and B-17, and photographs from fought in World War II, Korea and year-old Lyle, surveying the 90,000 - England. Vietnam. square - foot building that houses Saul M. Kupferman, president of the The $12 million museum opened to artifacts, a library, combat equipment, a Georgia chapter of the Sth Air Force the public Tuesday (May l4). Veterans mission briefing room and a flight Historical Society, said the museum is of the Sth Air Force, which was formed simulator. "absolutely unbelievable... a dream come in nearby Savannah in1942, and their "This is what keeps me young," he true." families got a sneak preview Monclay. said. "This is a fantastic home for the "lt's not finished, but what they've "It's their day," said retired Gen. E. G. 8th. It's a great day for the 8th veterans done is first class. There's got to be "Buck" Shuler, who was the drivins force and the veterans of this country. This thousands of guys looking down from ..I behind building the museum. fe"el place will be a major research center and heaven today saying thank you," he said. good for them. It's been a wonderful one of the best high-tech museums in the One display in the rotunda was challenge, and the reward is nght here. world." manned by Steve Miller, son of the late more than I ever band leader Glenn Miller, who was ^It's thought it would Roger Freeman of Colchester, killed Itle." on a ) Nt England, who coined the name Mighty flight during World War IL Many The museum had been talked about 8th Air Force, was on hand for the veterans took time to tell Miller that thev for -50 years, but it became a realitv after opening. Freeman, who rvas a boy knew his father. Page 1-8 Mercantile Resistance ? An Insult! BY ROGER ANTHOINE prescnt-dal conlraclicrtors.'lo pretcnci thir( And tojurnp ll-onr thc indiridLral Lo Peron, France u hal" thel dicl rvas lirt nrttttcl is (o heap thc organizational, onc rvill considcr / : 1 \<1 .tust likc dnrm-bctrting "music", insult on thci r tncnrrtt'r ! Bclgium's "Conrctc"', \\ 'trtinrc's lll()sl I disparaging "lheolies" aboul. Wor'ld War II cl'['icicnt cscapc chain Thrrtugh il at leiisl emergc as zi mus[ lor somc so-called Helping evaders ?t

David, the pair wh g'-L,t ion do double dutv. reunion too. Here they^are, from lefr: Lynn David, Scotty, Clayttin, daughter Sarah, Carl Scott arut his-wife, Elizabeth. Page 20 The Luftwaffe is coming! Luftwaffe veterans will be (o hosted at the Midwest Regional 2nd m Air Division Association meeing It.t Sept. 27, 1996, at the U.S. Air Force w Museum on Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, Ohio. A number of German pilot veterans, and German ol civilians who created the Kassel hi Mission American/German Memorial near Bad Hersfeld, Germany, have accepted invitations and will attend this anniversary commemoration. Sponsored by the Kassel Mission Memorial Association and the 445th Bomb Group, the Midwest Regional will focus on the highest group loss in 8th AF history--the Kassel mission of Sept. 27, 1944. The 445th Bomb Group lost 30 out of 35 Liberators that day, while the Luftwaffe lost 29 fighters. Roundtable hears about C-B-I operations from Charles Among the events planned charles lronard of New York city was speaker at the May meeting of the AAF is a preview of a new media-quality Roundtable of connecticut. He was aP-47 pilot in the -Burma-lndia Thealre. video about the Kassel mission by The program was carried on a local television station and AFEES received a plug. the Dzenowagis Group, including The Roundtable is dedicated to the "preservation of our Alr Force,s history, archival combat footage and contributions and sacrifices in the defense of the United States, and to the memorv interviews with actual German and of all those who sacrificed their lives in the pursuit o[ that objective." American veterans who flew in the air battle. To receive a schedule of Updates to 1996 Directory activities and prices write: William (Changes are in Bold Face Type) R. Dewey, KMMA, P O Box 413, Birmingham, MI48012, or phone 8rol64+1492. ln many secfions of the country, addresses are being changed to accommodate 911 service and new telephone Area Codes are being added for expanded seruice. Please notify Clayton David, membership NEW MEMBERS chair, of any changes so that the Membership Directory can be current. UC Robert O. Lorenzi BRIXIUS, John 1., 14410 W. Las Brizas Ln., Sun Gity West, AZ 6316 N. Sutherlin 85375-2700, Phone 602-214-2094 Spokane, WA 99208 COBB, Albed M.,346 Stuart Gircle, Lake Junaluska, NC2874S, Ph.: 509-328-2608 Phone 704-452-9361 *S* #489;8AF, 4528G GORDON, LeeC., PO Box 373, Millbrae, CA94030-0373, Phone 415-697-7442 HARRIS, Howard M. (L), 11903 W. Main St., Wolcott, NY 14590-1034, FRIEN DS Phone 315-594-2015 Mrs. Miriam Bales ILFREY,Jack(L),1409 Nacogdoches, San Antonio, TX 78209- 5005 N. Weir Drive 2751, Phone 210-805-0231 Muncie, lN 47304-6137 KUPSICK, John A. (L),2070 Clark Ave., Cottage Grove, OR97424- Ph.: 317-284-0470 1813, PHone 503-942-2133 LOVELAND, Glenn (L), Rt. 9, Box 601, Mission, TX 78572, Phone 210-519-8559 Michael Carpenter McMlNN, Joseph S. , 511 E. Pierson St., Hamilton, TX 76531 -2332, 2404 River Green Drive Phone 817-386-3878 Ailanta, GA 30327 STONEBARGER, Gilbert M (L), 523 Princeton Greens Gourt, Sun Ph.: 404-816-7043 City Center, FL 33573-7058, Phone 813-633-4511

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One oJ tlrc winners in the recent lrc visited stug,irtg areas hr the Midwest to magnitude to those who went down in deliver escape and. evasion hriefings. You France or fFt:F:S ralfle was George W. Temple of whereever. 'Monroe, La. Gettittg tlrc $250 in the tnay huve lrcartl hittt! -:fhe Editor My experiences did enable me to moil was a pleo,sant shockfor George and w'ork, in the spring of 1944, out of the he vtrote u thunk-\tou letter to Russ BY GEORGE W. TEMPLE Pentagon. I, along with a 2nd Lt. from Weyland, the raffie comrnittee chair. My escape, evasion and crossing the G-2, went to the staging areas in Kansas Irt llmt letter, George des

J Page 22 The editor has the last word WICHITA FALLS, Texas -- Trust The field honoring Monroe native Lt. John A. Neal of Apt. 4114, Ill-146 me on this one: Savannah was Simply Gus Selman became the corlorate HQ of Avenuc S.E.. Calgary, Alta. T2X lzl 2., Super! Delta Airlines. Canada. is still uorkrng t>n his book, Vl Our society was royally entertained Now there is a move on to save the "Bless You Brother Irvin" and could use by this fine old Southern city. The last remaining Selman WW2 structure some more parachuting stories, especially historic district had enough dining and use part of it as a museum to tell the those with an unusual element. He was facilities to suit any palate, and enough story of Selman Field since 1926 and the not able to attend the Savannah meeting, monuments and sights to wear out your contributions l.ouisiana has made in the but his sister, Shirley Erskine, was eyeballs. The Marriott people were field of aviation. present. Shirley and her friend Jack knocking themselves out to please after We don't have many members in Kupsick were at one of the dinner tables taking over from the Howard Johnson Kindcrhook, N.Y., located in the upper with your editor, but she never mentioned chain. One of the hotel employees told Hudson Valley. That means that Scotty the relationship with John. me, "Things are going a lot better since Rendall has a tough time defending our I have been inf ormed that a full-size the change of owners." I believe him. honor at meetings of the Kinderhook statue o[ a famous French Resistance Then there was the piece de Assosiation fbr the Detection and Pros- worker, Madame Francoise (Marie l-ouise resistancei the visit to the 8th Heritage ecution of Horse Thieves, a group that Dissard) was erected in Toulouse after her Museum. To anyone with the slightest meets yearly for a business meeting and death in 1957. Since Bill Folel' and I interest in military history, this museum oyster stew. The group must be highly were her house guests for a few days in is worth driving out of the way to visit. successful in crime control as they have early 1944,1would like to hare a Thanks should go to Paul and Dorothy not prosecuted a horse thiel since 1916. photograph of that statute if any of you Kenney, who handled the Savannah Scotty says he is the lone airman among touristy members can oblige. reunion beautifully. They made the event the artillery and engineer types -- and Yvonne Daley-Brusel mans wrote truly one to be remembered and iondly even some Gobs! President Dick Smith that AFEES recalled for many years. Folks out in New Mexicr-r may be reunions are very much like a r,ery good I[ you haven't heard from Russ seeing some F-4 Phantom jets with wine -- the older it gets, the better it is! Weyland by now, you DID NOT win the strange markings these days. The planes Yvonne rated Savannah as a Chateau- AFEES raffle. (See page 3 for the list of with the black, red and gold stripes are winners). Russ reports that the raffle aircraft of the German Luftwaffe, which netted our Helper fund about $4200 and has opened a permanent training unit at he received about $750 in additional Holloman AFB, near Alamogordo. donations. German pilots havc received training lor GOOD: Get-well cards are getting so Since Russ and his f'amily did the many years here at Sheppard AFB, but funny that if you don't get sick, you feel organizing, the envelope stuffing and the not in German planes. like you're missing something. accounting, we owe them Big Time for Dick Munsen (see story on pages 6-7) Your newsletter is a bit off schedule their work. It was so successful that I says he will donate $5 to AFEES lbr since your faithful scribe and spouse are am sure you can expect another raffle, each of his books sold to members. off to England July 29 to visit a daughter perhaps with some refinements, next "Bail Out over the Balkans" is pnced at who is teaching an exchange course at year. $15 for soft cover and $20 for hard, plus Orford University. I hclpe to work in a Selman Field, near Monroe, La., h4s $1.75 p&h. You can contact him at day trip to the old 96BG base at Thetford quite a history beyond serving as the site 1027 Sth St., Story City, lA 50248 if and for sure, pay a visit to the museum at for my navigational training in 1943. you want to take him up on his deal. Duxford. -- LARRy cRAUERHOLZ Hagar r vbltLa FUr f antT FINP IT/ q

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