Author, WWII Vets Remember 'Operation: PLUM'
January 20, 2012
January 20, 2012
HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD, Ga., Jan. 20 -- The U.S. Army issued the following news release:
In November 1941, 1,209 men with the 27th Bombardment Group left what is now Hunter Army Airfield to beef up Gen. Douglas MacArthur's defense of the Philippines. A year later, only 20 returned to the U.S. Of the remaining, the rest were killed or became prisoners of war. Only 30 percent of the unit ever returned home.
Dr. Larry Stephenson, the nephew of one of the pilots who . . .
In November 1941, 1,209 men with the 27th Bombardment Group left what is now Hunter Army Airfield to beef up Gen. Douglas MacArthur's defense of the Philippines. A year later, only 20 returned to the U.S. Of the remaining, the rest were killed or became prisoners of war. Only 30 percent of the unit ever returned home.
Dr. Larry Stephenson, the nephew of one of the pilots who . . .