Too Young

Not all deaths in WWII were combat-related or remotely war-related at all. First Lieutenant Herbert G. Johns was only 26 when he was diagnosed with leukemia. He was a Flight Control Officer for the 9th Air Force Troop Carrier Command, and shortly after the war in Europe's end he passed away in Newfoundland, trying to get back to the States from where he was stationed in France. He was buried with full military honors at Arlington Cemetery.



Keep 'em flyin', Herb.

Strange Portrait

This is a studio portrait from 1946. I'm guessing all the insignia were props, because none of it is regulation. From the research I've done, he was an enlisted man. I guess they really just loved the officer's "US" insignia there.

Derailed (A bit how I'm feeling lately.)

Officers with musette bags in front of a derailed troop train in Piqua, Ohio. May 21, 1945.

One man killed, T/Sgt Jerrell H. Adamson of Oklahoma. He had successfully flown 35 missions over Europe and was on his way home.