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WWII Experience

1917 - Born In New York City

John McNamara - Football 1.jpg

January 1941 - Drafted

Selective Service Act Roosevelt.jpeg

April 1941 - April 1943
Fitzsimmons Army Hospital - Denver, CO

Fitzsimmons (2).jpg

April 1943 - Called Into Action

1943 04 03 - Telegram - Inside.jpeg

July 1943 - October 1943
Cal-Aero Academy - Ontario, CA

Cal-Aero 1943

December 1943 - February 1944
La Junta Flying School - La Junta, CO

B-25 Mitchell

June 1944 - August 1944
Harvard Army Air Field - Harvard, NE

B-29 in Flight.jpeg

Crash Landing
Pyote Air Force Base - Pyote, TX

Aborted Take-Off - Pyote TX 1944

20th Air Force, 73rd Bomb Wing

73rd Bomb Wing Squadrons (1).jpeg

Missions

B-29 - Mt Fuji 1945.jpeg

Japan Surrenders

Japan Surrenders.jpeg

Decorations

Uniform - Crest.jpeg

Grave Marker

Grave Marker

1938 - 1940 - Working in Cincinnati, OH

Cincinnati in the Late 1930s by Nelson Ronsheim (37).jpeg

January 1941 - August 1941
Camp Shelby - Hattiesburg, MA

John McNamara Camp Shelby.jpg

February 1942 - Marriage in Denver, CO

McNamara & Bowker Wedding.jpg

April 1943 - July 1943
Santa Ana Army Air Base - Costa Mesa, CA

SAAAB - Base Gate.jpeg

October 1943 - December 1943
Basic Flying School - Pecos, TX

Cessna AT-17 - 05.jpeg

January 1944 - May 1944
Hobbs Army Air Field - Hobbs, NM

Hobbs B-17 Takeoff.jpeg

October 1944 - February 1945
Pyote Air Force Base - Pyote, TX

Bowlin Crew 03.jpeg

The B-29 Superfortress

B-29 _Thumper_ at Boeing Plant

March 1945 - October 1945
Isley Field - Saipan

V Square 55 Crew 02 - 1.3.jpeg

Leaflet Bombs

Leaflet 01 - Front.jpeg

Separation

For Meritorius Service.jpeg

73rd Bomb Wing Reunions

1983 Kentucky Reunion - Crew 02.jpeg
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