I had hoped to be able to tell you all about the 8th Air Force Reunion that I attended last week, but I have barely had time to unpack and rest up from my excellent adventure in New Orleans with veterans, family, and friends of the 384th Bomb Group and other groups of the 8th. It will just have to wait until next week! For now, I’ll just leave you with this teaser…
Over five hundred folks attended the reunion, including seventy-five WWII veterans and eight former POW’s, two of which represented the 384th Bomb Group.
Eight 384th Bomb Group Veterans attended the reunion…
384th Bomb Group Veterans attending the 2017 8th AF Reunion.
Left to Right: Hank Sienkiewicz, Don Hilliard, John DeFrancesco, Burnia Martin, Len Estrin, Dave Lustig, Bill Wilkens, and Peter Bielskis
Seventy-five 8th AF Veterans attended (I don’t think they all made it into this photo)…
8th Air Force Veterans attending the 2017 Reunion.
And eight of the veterans attending were former POWs including the 384th’s John DeFrancesco and Burnia Martin…
8th Air Force Veterans attending the 2017 Reunion who were POWs during WWII (Burnia Martin sits third from left and John DeFrancesco sits fifth from left).
Check back next week for more details about the reunion.
© Cindy Farrar Bryan and The Arrowhead Club, 2017
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