Links and Resources

Inflation calculator: CPI Inflation Calculator

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I will be referring to this site often: 351st Bomb Group. The site lists every mission down to its last detail. 

Nifty feature: Crew Member Search Page. Here is Jack's page, listing all 38 missions he completed. 

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As we leave the shipyards at Puget Sound behind, I share this bit of history about scrap metal drives in Seattle in 1942. They were a big deal. And a lot of the scrap metal collected was placed into the hands of welders like Jack, to repair the ships. Also, the scrap was used to build and repair the B-17 Flying Fortress, which was Jack's home for more than 35 missions.



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This was in an envelope postmarked 12/3/1943.

At the top Jack wrote "Please sent this stuff I forgot all about it till this morning."






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