I WAS A RADIO OPERATOR AND GUNNER ON A B-24 BOMBER. WHY IS IT THAT THERE IS HARDLY ANY MENTION ABOUT WHAT THEY DID. I WAS ON A BOMBER THAT BOMBED WAKE ISLAND ABOUT ONE YEAR AFTER PEARL HARBOR. OUR PLANE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT GOT HIT BU THEIR ANTI AIRCRAFT. I GUESS THE JAPS WERE CAUGHT BY SURPRISE ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND WE WERE THE LAST BOMBER TO GO OVER WAKE. OUR 307TH BOMB GROUP THEN WENT TO GUADALACANL. I FINISHED MY MISSIONS THERE. OUR BG WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE TIME THE JAPS GAVE UP. I WAS WITH THIS BOMB GROUP FOR ABOUT ONE YEAR. WE LEFT THE STATES WITH 40 BOMBERS AND DURING THE YEAR I WAS WITH THEM WE LOST THIRTY OF THEM. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW LUCK TO HAVE SURVCIVED WWII. I HAVE A RECORD OF EACH ONE WE LOST. BILL GRISAITIS, RETIRED AIR FORCE SMSGT.
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I WAS A RADIO OPERATOR AND GUNNER ON A B-24 BOMBER. WHY IS IT THAT THERE IS HARDLY ANY MENTION ABOUT WHAT THEY DID. I WAS ON A BOMBER THAT BOMBED WAKE ISLAND ABOUT ONE YEAR AFTER PEARL HARBOR. OUR PLANE WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT GOT HIT BU THEIR ANTI AIRCRAFT. I GUESS THE JAPS WERE CAUGHT BY SURPRISE ON CHRISTMAS DAY AND WE WERE THE LAST BOMBER TO GO OVER WAKE. OUR 307TH BOMB GROUP THEN WENT TO GUADALACANL. I FINISHED MY MISSIONS THERE. OUR BG WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE TIME THE JAPS GAVE UP. I WAS WITH THIS BOMB GROUP FOR ABOUT ONE YEAR. WE LEFT THE STATES WITH 40 BOMBERS AND DURING THE YEAR I WAS WITH THEM WE LOST THIRTY OF THEM. SO YOU CAN SEE HOW LUCK TO HAVE SURVCIVED WWII. I HAVE A RECORD OF EACH ONE WE LOST. BILL GRISAITIS, RETIRED AIR FORCE SMSGT.
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