79TH. FIGHTER SQUADRON
ROSTER OF ENLISTED PERSONNEL (A - E)
• S/Sgt. Adams, James H. - LaCote, Michigan
Enlistment Data Not Available
• Pfc. Anderson, Wayne S. - Ionia, Michigan - 36416235
Enlisted: 28 Dec., 1942 - Kalamazoo, Michigan
• Cpl. Baine, James A. - Ojai, California
Enlistment Data Not Available
• T/Sgt. Ballew, Shirley L. - Princeton, Missouri - 36022202
Enlisted: 3 Oct., 1941 - Camp Grant, Illinois
• Cpl. Lon D. Backcomb - Leonardville, Kansas
Enlistment Data Not Available
• Cpl. Barry, Joseph E. - Brooklyn, New York
Enlistment Data Not Available
• Sgt. Beach, Grant L. - Akron, Colorado - 17086341
Enlisted: 21 May, 1942 - Denver, Colorado
• Cpl. Bebee, Donald, H. - Lansing, Michigan - 16112066
Enlisted: 16 Oct., 1942 - Detroit, Michigan
• T/Sgt. Beck, James T. - Camden, Alabama
Enlistment Data Not Available
• S/Sgt. Birdwell, Clyde I. - Wichita Falls, Texas - 38135624
Enlisted: 17 Aug., 1942 - Abilene, Texas
• Cpl. Blatt, Oscar F. - Poland, New York
Enlistment Data Not Available
• S/Sgt. Blevins, Nathan E. - Greenville, Tennessee - 34186244
Enlisted: 9 Nov., 1945 - Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia
• Sgt. Blosser, Omer C. - Fairmont, West Virginia
Enlistment Data Not Available
• Sgt. Bordeleon, Berton J. - Destrehan, Louisiana
Enlistment Data Not Available
• Sgt. Boruszewicz, Casimir W. - Cleveland, Ohio - 15104459
Enlisted: 10 Jul., 1942 - Ft. Benjiman Harrison, Indiana
• Cpl. Bowlds, Arnold M. - Owensboro, Kentucky - 35714980
Enlisted: 20 Oct., 1942 - Evansville, Indiana
• Pfc. Braunstein, Manuel - Baltimore, Maryland - 20344527
Enlisted: 28 Aug., 1941 - Ft. George Meade, Maryland
• Sgt. Brenner, Lee L. - Canyon, Utah
Enlistment Data Not Available
• S/Sgt. Brocies, Richard D. - St. Joliet, Illinois
Enlistment Data Not Available
• T/Sgt. Brown, Billy C. - Three Rivers, California - 19000158
Enlisted: 4 Oct., 1940 - San Francisco, California
• S/Sgt. Brown, Lawrence L., Jr. - Wasco, California
Enlistment Data Not Available
• S/Sgt. Brusko, Steven - Racine, Wisconsin - 16009857
Enlisted: 19 Aug., 1941 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Sgt. Buckingham, James O. - Dixon, Illinois - 16037899
Enlisted: 13 Jan., 1942 Chicago, Illinois
• Cpl. Buckley, Chester A. - Detroit, Michigan - 16044515
Enlisted: 10 Jan., 1942 - Detroit, Michigan
• T/Sgt. Burgess, Richard E. - Gore, Ohio
Enlistment Data Not Available
• S/Sgt. Calka, Tony J. - Glenville, Connecticut - 31171076
Enlisted: 1 Sep., 1942 - Hartford, Connecticut
• Cpl. Campbell, John M. - Baltimore, Maryland
Enlistment Data Not Available
• S/Sgt. Carlson, John H. - Chicago, Illinois
Enlistment Data Not Available
• Sgt. Carter, Henry A. - Cortez, Colorado - 39255047
Enlisted: 2 Sep., 1942 Los Angeles, California
• Cpl. Carvell, John C. - Detroit, Michigan - 16042729
Enlisted: 15 Dec., 1941 - Detroit, Michigan
• S/Sgt. Cavalier, John C. - Smithers, West Virginia - 35432522
Enlisted: 6 Jun., 1942 - Huntington, West Virginia
• Cpl. Chadwick, Clyde H. - Athens, Ohio
Enlistment Data Not Available
• S/Sgt. Chiaputti, John - Hartford, Connecticut - 11072131
Enlisted: 13 Jun., 1942 - Hartford, Connecticut
• S/Sgt. Childs, Milton G. - Detroit, Michigan - 16063845
Enlisted: 1 Apr., 1942 - Detroit, Michigan
• Sgt. Churchman, James N. - Boston, Kentucky
Enlistment Data Not Available
• Sgt. Clancy, John - Leominster, Massachusetts
Enlistment Data Not Available
• S/Sgt. Clauson, Jack W. - South Bend, Indiana - 35343536
Enlisted: 9 Oct., 1942 - Toledo, Ohio
• S/Sgt. Cline, Ralph E. - Chugwater, Wyoming - 17024890
Enlisted: 20 Feb., 1942 Cheyenne, Wyoming
• Sgt. Cohen, Stanley S. - St. Louis, Missouri - 16051553
Enlisted: 23 Dec., 1941 - Peoria, Illinois
• Pfc. Cole, Owen A. - Branford, Connecticut - 31169111
Enlisted: 18 Aug., 1942 - Hartford, Connecticut
• Sgt. Comoletti, Vincent - Quincy, Massachusetts - 31205798
Enlisted: 24 Sep., 1942 - Boston, Massachusetts
• Cpl. Concha, Alex - Pueblo, New Mexico - 38167447
Enlisted: 16 Sep., 1942 - Santa Fe, New Mexico
• M/Sgt. Coolidge, James P. - Denver, Colorado - 38084795
Enlisted: 5 Oct., 1945 - Ft. Logan, Colorado
• Cpl. Coover, William G. - Brooklyn, New York - 32511558
Enlisted: 25 Sep., 1942 - Governors Island, New York
• Cpl. Cortez, Bruno R. - Harlington, Texas
Enlistment Data Not Available
• Sgt. Craddock, Fate - Price, North Carolina - 34605000
Enlisted: 31 Jan., 1943 - Camp Croft, South Carolina
• T/Sgt. Craft, Ernest F. - Gladewater, Texas
Enlistment Data Not Available
• Sgt. Crawford, James F. - Westlawn, Pennsylvania
Enlistment Data Not Available
• Sgt. Crismali, Vincent M. - Brooklyn, New York - 12157580
Enlisted: 22 Oct., 1942 - New York, New York
• Sgt. Daly, Jack E. - Harrisonville, Missouri
Enlistment Data Not Available
• S/Sgt. Danacek, Andrew S. - Detroit, Michigan
Enlistment Data Not Available
• Cpl. Dibble, James G. - Willard, New York - 12167817
Enlisted: 2 Oct., 1942 - Rochester, New York
• S/Sgt. Diebold, William F. - Chicago, Illinois - 36328347
Enlisted: 3 Apr., 1942 - Chicago, Illinois
• S/Sgt. Dinkins, James A. - McKenzie, Tennessee
Enlistment Data Not Available
• Cpl. Desario, George R. - Boston, Massachusetts
Enlistment Data Not Available
• Pfc. Domingos, Joseph S. - Fall River, Massachusetts
- 31162210 Enlisted: 20 Aug., 1942 - Boston, Massachusetts
• T/Sgt. Donahue, Leonard C. - Wellesley Hills, Mass. -31135892 Enlisted: 23 Jun., 1942 - Boston, Massachusetts
• Pvt. Donaldson, George C. - Clearmont, Wyoming - 17024128
Enlisted: 29 May, 1941 - Cheyenne, Wyoming
• T/Sgt. Douglas, James A. - Falkville, Alabama
Enlistment Data Not Available
• Cpl. Downey, Thomas A. - Lorena, Texas
Enlistment Data Not Available
• T/Sgt. Duffee, John P. - Ellsworth, Maine - 11029536
Enlisted: 8 Nov., 1945 - Bangor, Maine
• S/Sgt. Dull, Wallace R. - Pepperell, Massachusetts - 06067514
Enlisted: 26 Oct., 1945 - Ft. Devens, Massachusetts
• Pvt. Easly, Edward L. - Hastings, Pennsylvania - 33249676
Enlisted: 8 Aug., 1942 - Altoona, Pennsylvania
• S/Sgt. Edminston, David S. - Buena Park, California
Enlistment Data Not Available
• S/Sgt. Eid, Evar - Sacramento, California - 39085911
Enlisted: 13 Jan., 1942 - Monterey, California
• S/Sgt. Englehart, Ralph R. - Clinton, Michigan
Enlistment Data Not Available
• S/Sgt. Enterkin, Fred O. - Winston, Georgia - 34088819
Enlisted: 21 Oct., 1941 - Atlanta, Georgia
• Cpl. Everhart, Edwin E. - Fresno, California - 39400598
Enlisted: 21 Oct., 1942 - Sacramento, California
• S/Sgt. Ezzell, Irvin - Fox, Oklahoma - 38269443
Enlisted: 18 Aug., 1942 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 


"Armament"
Standing: Cpl. Meraglia, Cpl. Weaver, Sgt. Crawford, Sgt. Humphreys, Sgt. Landis, Cpl. Zalac, Cpl. Bowlds, Cpl. Szary, Sgt. Vollenweider, Cpl. Barry, Cpl. Volkmar Kneeling: S/Sgt. Rueff, T/Sgt.Fischbeck, M/Sgt. Coolidge, S/Sgt. Fuchs, S/Sgt. Howard


Operations Clerks
Sgt. Hudgens, Sgt. Pearson, S/Sgt. Cline, Sgt. Haas



(l to r:) S/Sgt. Overton W. Rutherford, Sgt. Herschal Gallagher, T/Sgt. John P. Duffee, Sgt. Harold Wiley, S/Sgt. Walter Deichman, S/Sgt. James Kerr, S/Sgt. Howard Hopkins



Cpl. Albert Loesch dressed as a pilot. He actually rode to the flight line, got into the cockpit of an aircraft and was being strapped in by a crew chief before he admitted who he was.

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