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Harry L Henry

World War II · US Army · Staff Sergeant

Rank: Staff Sergeant
United States of America

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Birth, Custom, Enlistment, Military Service, Other, PeopleUS, WWII Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946
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Index Record27 Nov 2008
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Memorial3 Sept 2008
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Memorial8 Apr 2013
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Memorial31 July 2011
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Memorial27 Nov 2008
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The Story of “Tail End Charlie”
B-24H-1-FO - #42-7554 Tail End Charlie lost at Mirns - Bakhuizen on 22-12-1943 (SGLO ref: T3256)
T/Sgt Harry Luther Henry (1919 - 1990) - Find A Grave Memorial
B-24H-1-FO - #42-7554
Post War DeBrief of Co-Pilot
Harry Luther Henry | American Air Museum in Britain
Mission to Osnabruck & Munster
Get One A/C Group445th BG Assignments
Military Hall of Honor | Your online source to identify and honor every man and woman, dead or alive, that has honorably served, or is serving, in the US Armed Forces from 1775 to present. | MilitaryHallofHonor.comHarry L. Henry, B-24 Aerial Gunner. POW survivor B-24 #42-7554 crash survivor
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pv&GRid=126880254&PIpi=98349201
http://www.heritageleague.org/brian/54.pdf
http://www.teunispats.net/t3256.htm
http://media.nara.gov/nw/305270/EE-2946.pdf
http://www.stalag17b.com/
http://www.stalag17b.com/Docs/Stalag17bcomUSPOWlist20150123.htm
http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=74696
http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=3688300
http://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=466&mtch=1&tf=F&q=henry%2C+harry&bc=,sl,sd&rpp=10&pg=1&rid=74696