Tavern in the Hotel DeSoto, Savannah, Georgia in October 1944

Gift in memory of Polly Mertzweiller
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Lt. Bernard J. Mertzweiller and Lt. Elgin S. Scobell have a drink at the tavern in the Hotel DeSoto, Savannah, Georgia in October 1944. "The Tavern in Hotel DeSoto Savannah, Georgia on way overseas 10/01/44 to 10/11/44."

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Items from the service of Lt. Bernard J. Mertzweiller, US Army Air Corps, 9th Air Force, 387th Bombardment Group, 559th Bombardment Squadron, European Theatre of Operations. Mertzweiller flew 34 combat missions in the European Theater of Operations.
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Savannah
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32.083
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-81.100
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Fighter pilots--American--Georgia
Bars--Georgia