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uncle ted fought in the war |
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Uncle Ted was born November 23, 1920. He married Aunt Wilma and then volunteered for the service. |
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The photo on the left is smoke above Hikari, Japan The hand written note was found on the back of the photo. |
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The green arrow marks the location of Hikari, Japan |
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Uncle Ted is in the front row, 4th from the left |
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Uncle Ted was a gunner on a B-29 Bomber. That’s him in the gun turret. You can also see him sitting on a bomb in the photo on the bottom right. He’s on the far left of the photo
As you can see, the name of his plane was Genie. There were actually two different planes named Genie. The first Genie was serial # 42-63455 and the second Genie was serial # 44-61812
Uncle Ted belonged to the 58th bombardment wing, 40th bombardment (bombardier) group, 25th squadron. All under the oversight of the 20th Bombardment Command. Activated June 1944 and based on Tinian Island in the Northern Mariana Islands
When Uncle Ted enlisted in the Army, the enlistment was for the duration of the War or other emergency, plus six months, subject to the discretion of the President or otherwise according to law. |
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The following is a time line of Uncle Ted’s Military Career shown next to some historical WW II dates |
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1944 |
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April 7 |
Enlisted Fort Sheridan, Illinois |
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Oct 29 - Nov 3 |
Florida |
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1945 |
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Mar 10 - Apr 24 |
Tucson, Arizona |
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May 4 - May 30 |
Chicago, Illinois |
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June 25 - June 29 |
Topeka, Kansas New Plane |
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July 2 |
Hawaii |
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July 5 |
Kwajalein |
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July 6 |
Guam |
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July 7 |
Tinian |
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July 14 |
The first U.S. Naval bombardment of Japanese home islands |
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July 16 |
Pagan |
July 16 |
First Atomic Bomb is successfully tested in the U.S. |
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July 20 |
Rota |
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July 26 |
Components of the Atomic Bomb “Little Boy” are unloaded at Tinian Island. |
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July 27 |
Pagan |
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Aug 1 |
Tinian |
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Aug 5 - Aug 6 |
Bombing run over 470 Sorties (Urban) |
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Aug 6 |
First Atomic Bomb dropped on Hiroshima from a B-29 flown by Col. Paul Tibbets |
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Aug 7 |
Low Time |
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Aug 8 |
Pagan |
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Aug 9 |
Second Atomic Bomb is dropped on Nagasaki from a B-29 flown by Maj. Charles Sweeney |
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Aug 14 |
Bombing run over 320 Sortes (Arsenals) |
Aug 14 |
Japanese accept unconditional surrender. |
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Aug 24 |
Hikari Naval A. R. |
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Aug 31 |
Tokyo |
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Sept 2 |
Tokyo |
Sept 2 |
Formal Japanese surrender ceremony on board the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay. |
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Nov 9 |
Tinian & Guam |
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1946 |
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Jan 21 |
Iwo Jima & Guam |
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