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Friday,
July 28, 2023: Veterans
Day at Airventure in Oshkosh, WI. |
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97.5 year old Robert Holmstrom was a
U.S. Army Air Corps Staff Sergeant in WWII. He flew as a tail gunner on
a B-24 Liberator bomber over Europe and lived to tell of his adventures at a veteran breakfast in Oshkosh.  This B-17 is similar to the B-24 that Holmstrom few in during the war. |
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A gull-wing
Vaught F4U Corsair is of the type that flew combat in WWII. |
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A
North American Aviation B-25 Mitchell medium bomber converted to be
an attack plane with twelve maching guns. |
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WWII reenactors.
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Mark is seen here on an
Army Mule, of the type he used in Vietnam.
It is an early version of a four-wheeler. The Mule had steerable front and back tires. |
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Then the veteran parade began.
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Mark was one of the many honored that day.
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The audience applauded.
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A military band played at the end of the parade.
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The cockpit of a WWII
B-29 Bomber, of the type that dropped atomic bombs on
Heroshima and Nagasaki, Japan.
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This Douglas AC-47 gunship was named
Spooky because it was
used to rake the ground with gunfire where the enemy was in
Vietnam.
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Quote of the day:
Nice to be appreciated. Mark |
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Questions, Comments? Email Mark Persons teki@mwpersons.com |
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