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FAMILY & FRIEND VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS

2nd Lt George Adam Hofmann
WWII European Theater
9th AF 397th Grp 596 Sq
B-26 Bombardier - POW

Staff Sgt. Granville C. Schuch
WWII North Africa Campaign
1st Inf Div 16th Inf

Private Charles 'Pappy' Schuch
WWI Army Cook

Seaman 2nd Cl Howard D. Edgar, Jr
WWII Pacific Theater
US Navy Gunboat PGM-28

Sgt. John C. Hofmann
US Army
Military Police Honor Guard
Stuttgart, Germany

Lt Col Neil E. Edgar
US Army Airborne
Military Intelligence

2nd Lt Gilbert A. Rauh
WWII China/Burma/India Theater
10th AF 39th Grp 444th Sq
B-24 Bombardier - KIA
REMAINS RECOVERED - 2025

2nd Lt Francis Michael Iriarte
WWII China/Burma/India Theater
10th AF 9th Grp 7th Sq
B-24 Bombardier - KIA

EM2cl John Thomas Donohue
WWII Asiatic-Pacific Theater
Third Fleet, Tenth Submarine Squadron
USS Tench (SS-417)

Cpt James W. Harrison, Jr
WWII European Theater
X AF 48th Grp 492nd Sq
P-47 Fighter Pilot - POW

2nd Lt Anthony Goode
WWII SW Pacific Theater
13th AF 5nd Grp 72th Sq
B-24J Navigator KIA

Sgt. Fred Tenore
WWII Pacific Theater, Guadalcanal
25th Div 161st Inf 89th Fld Art Bat
Tropical Lightning

2nd Lt. Gilbert A. Rauh - 1916-1943
10th AF 39th Grp 444th Sq - Bombardier B-24
China/Burma Campaign - KIA/MIA December 1943
*Recovered - 2025

Table of Contents

Timeline of Events

Chapter 1 - The Friendship Grows

Chapter 2 - The Brewing Storm

Chapter 3 - Stateside Training - A Common Path

Chapter 4 - Bomber Assignments & Crew Training

Chapter 5 - Deployment to the CBI Theater

Chapter 6 - Combat Begins

Chapter 7 - Gibby's Last Mission

Chapter 8 - Mike

Chapter 9 - George

Chapter 10 - Moving On

Chapter 11 - Never Giving Up

Chapter 12 - Gibby Comes Home

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