Eight Soldiers and one KATUSA from USAG Daegu HHC attended a 75th Anniversary Memorial Ceremony today for 11 Army Air Corps crewmen who perished Aug. 7, 1945 when their B-24 bomber was shot down over Namhae. A local man, Kim Duk Hyung hiked to the site on Mt. Mongwoon and buried the men, keeping their location hidden until they could be repatriated. He and his family have honored them every year since.
The HHC Soldiers hiked down to the crash site with Kim's son, Kim Jong Sik before attending the formal ceremony at a memorial hall in Namhae County.
The crew are recorded in wartime records as: Edward Mills Jr., pilot; Steve Wales, nose gun; Nick Simonich, co-pilot; Joe Orenbuch, navigator; Ron Johnson, bombardier; Walter Hoover, gun; Jim Murray, engineer; Henry Ruppert, radar operator; Warren Tittsworth, top gun; John Regnault, radio operator; Tom Burnworth, tail gun.
| Date Taken: | 06.11.2020 |
| Date Posted: | 12.01.2020 03:03 |
| Photo ID: | 6438177 |
| VIRIN: | 201106-A-DT458-562 |
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| Location: | NAMHAE-GUN, GYEONGSANGNAMDO [KYONGSANGNAM-DO], KR |
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