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The youngest one I can remember reading about (in Roger Freeman's "The Mighty Eighth") was Sgt. DeSales Glover. According to Freeman, Glover flew six missions as a B-24 gunner in the 753rd BS, 458th BG (including the 6 March 1944 mission to Berlin) when he was only 16. He had enlisted in 1942 by falsifying his age when he was only 14!
"I've a good mind to join a club and beat you over the head with it."--Groucho Marx
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"Justi Terram Incolant" (The Just Shall Inherit the Earth)
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 Slightly off topice but pride makes me post this item!!! Here's a Home Town Man we are proud to have called one of our own!!! Notice age he joined Navy MOAKLEY, John Joseph, a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., April 27, 1927. Moakley joined the Navy as a teenager and served in World War II. John Joseph Moakley was born into South Boston's Irish American enclave 74 years ago. At age 15, he joined the Navy and served three years in the South Pacific. Sgtleo |
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