A monument in New Guinea honoring fellow crewmen of the 13th Bomb Squadron missing in action and deceased in 1943
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Photograph. A monument in New Guinea honoring fellow crewmen of the 13th Bomb Squadron missing in action and deceased in 1943. "This is a monument we built in New Guinea honoring our fellow crew men missing in action and deceased. Randy you might want to have some of these re-printed and give to all members of 13th Sq Grim Reapers." "Called Cater the other night, had great talk. Here in Atlanta at present attending his sons wedding. Suppose to come by between Xmas to New Years and visit me. (Sure hope so.)"
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1943
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Benjamin Elmore Howze was born in Blodgett, Mississippi on 28 September 1923 and enlisted in the Army Air Corps at Barksdale Field, Louisiana on 18 October 1939. He served as an airplane armorer with the 13th Bombardment Squadron, 5th Air Force (Grim Reapers). Howze served in the Pacific Theater in the East Indies Campaign, Papua, New Guinea, Northern Solomons, Bismark, and Archipelago Campaigns. Howze received the Good Conduct Medal, Distiguished Service Badge, and the American Defense Service Medal. When he was honorably discharged at Shelby, Mississippi on 18 May 1945 he had attatined the rank of staff sergeant. After the war he married Imogene Graham and moved to Mobile, Alabama. Mr Howze passed away in 2009. The collection consists of almost 100 photographs from Howze's service in the Pacific, primarily from New Guinea.
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New Guinea
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-5.000
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140.000
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Monuments & memorials--New Guinea