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Box 7

 Container

Contains 1 Result:

Eugene H. Ballard papers, 1944, approximately 2000

 File — Box: 7, Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 2350 Series 7 Sub-Series 2 Sub-Series 1 File 189
Scope and Contents note Materials contain a detailed memoir of Eugene H. Ballard's pre-military and military experiences. Discusses obtaining his pilot's license, military life, his assignment in Foggia, Italy, and a bombing mission to Romanian oil fields at Ploesti, in which Ballard's plane was shot down. Includes a newspaper article reporting his status as missing in action over Romania. Photographs show Ballard in military dress, in full flight gear, and together with his B-24 Bomber crew. Also contains a...
Dates: 1944; approximately 2000
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 2350, Saints at War Project records / Saints at War Project records for World War II (Europe) / Saints at War Project records for the United States Army Air Corps / Saints at War Project records for United States Army Air Corps pilots

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