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Sgt. Andrew R. Allegretto chats with Chinese airmen, with a B-25 in the background. Sgt. Allegretto received the Air Medal for flying on a hazardous mission as part of the "Spray and Pray Squadron," part of CACW. Andrew Ralph Allegretto in CBI arrived aboard MISSION BAY. He volunteered for some of the squadron’s most perilous missions. ALLEGRETTO, Andrew Ralph ("Swifty"...

FROM: PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICE CODE: 07121500 FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE RELEASE UPON RECEIPT CLEARED GOLDBERG USFCT FOURTEENTH AIRFORCE PHOTOGRAPHER, FIRST AMERICAN TO ENTER LIUCHOW HEADQUARTERS, FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE, CHINA --- Cpl. James C. Bowermaster, of 2608, Arctic Ave., Atlantic City, New Jersey, Fourteenth Air Force photographer, was the first American soldier to enter Liuchow after the Japs evacuated the city and...

Henry E. Miehe, pointing to battle damage on his airplane. (Additional photo of Henry E. Miehe in India courtesy of Chris Davis) Henry E. Miehe, pointing to battle damage on his airplane. Lt. Miehe went missing on an evacuation flight from Liuzhou to Luliang, Yunnan province, China, on November 7, 1944, while flying a P-51. The Missing Air Crew Report...