Posted on Nov 10, 2021
Army Air Corps Veteran recounts World War II flights in B-29 Superfortress - VAntage Point
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..."Staff recognizes Sturgell and others for Veterans Day
After Japan formally surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, Sturgell, like others deployed overseas, made his way home slowly on a troop transport ship. For his service, Sturgell received the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Distinguished Flying Cross, a Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two service stars and the World War II Victory Medal.
After Japan formally surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, Sturgell, like others deployed overseas, made his way home slowly on a troop transport ship. For his service, Sturgell received the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Distinguished Flying Cross, a Good Conduct Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with two service stars and the World War II Victory Medal.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. My late Angelic father: the Hon. James Sloane Higgins served and sacrificed in World War II.
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MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D.
As did mine. He was stricken with filariasis while in the Pacific in '43 and was medically discharged in the summer of '44. The disease plagued him for the rest of his life and he died in '88 at age 67.
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SPC Margaret Higgins
MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. - Sir, you have my deepest condolences; and, you have my most heartfelt sympathies.
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I offer my Virtual Salute to USAAC Veteran James Sturgell, one of "The Greatest Generation".
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