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2nd Lt. Paul S. Hite was killed while flying with another crew on March 26, 1943. The plane he was on crash on take off on a combat mission. Eight of the nine people on that flight died, with S/Sgt. Harvey Cook as the sole survivor. Lt. Hite enlisted on April 30, 1940. ASN O-791435. He was born on February...

Lt. Colonel William D. Hopson Of Little Rock, Arkansas, Squadron Commander In A Heavy Bomber Group Of The "Flying Tigers", Receives The Distinguished Flying Cross From Major General Charles B. Stone At A 14Th Air Force Base In China. 19 September 1945.

T/Sgt. Harold D. Robertson (inset in image), ASN 17052777, disappeared during an L-5 flight on 7 May 1944. (Also in the image is Rex Davis, and Floyd Whitney; image taken at Desert Army Air Base, California, summer 1943. Image provided by 5th Liaison Squadron Flight Line Chief R. J. Koppel.) Entered military service from Clay County, Arkansas. Admitted to hospital...

True keepsakes: Two mugs made from shell casings, commemorating the 22nd Bombardment Squadron.

True keepsakes: Views of two mugs made from shell casings, commemorating the 22nd Bombardment Squadron.