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In order to get there (South Pacific) we departed from
Hamilton Field in California to Hickam Field in Hawaii, and then
onward.
Above: Loading the B-24. |
Above, L-R closest to bottom of photo, 5 young men: Frank Nutter,
Grover Fanning, Stowe, Milby
Marling, Gil Millif.
They put us in a bomb bay of a B-24 sitting on a 2 by 12-inch plank. We put our baggage aboard and asked the pilot, "please don't open the doors!" Myself, Ralph Wandrey & others in the 9FS were on this flight. |