Byron Dean Mills Album
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Sgt. Byron Dean Mills
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Sgt. Mills headstone
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Mills holding Queenie, the masqot
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Thomas C. Long (L) and Byron Mills (R)
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John J. Knapp (L) and Byron Mills (R)
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L-R: James T. Freeman, Jr.; Charles D. Farrow; Byron Mills; Herbert H. Sokol; James P. Strano; Leonard O. Watkins
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Standing L-R: ?????; Byron Mills; ?????; ?????/ ?????
Squatting L-R: ?????; ?????; ?????
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Byron Mills (L) and John H. Shawcross
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Harold H. Herling
Name on the P-51 is Gerry
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Harold H. Herling next to P-40
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Lt. Straut
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John J. Fitzpatrick (L) and Byron Mills (R)
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Byron Mills in front of his tent
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Mills on B-24 with view of hard stands
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Byron Mills (L) and Thomas C. Long (R) with girls in Foggia
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Byron Mills (L) and Marshall Johnston (R) with girl in Foggia
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Standing L-R: ?????; ?????; ?????
Squatting L-R: Byron Mills; ?????
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Standing L-R: Leonard Watkins; ?????; Harold Herling
Sitting L-R: James Strano; Troy D. Dendy; Herbert Sokol
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Armorers ready to go to the line
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Refueling #25
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Byron Mills and the She Wolf (#26)
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Frank Martinus, Raymond H. Dunn and Byron Mills visit the catacombs in Rome
Mills is standing 12th from the left
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Ground station
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Ground station
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Byron Mills on guard duty
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Transmitter room for ground station
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765th Mess Hall
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John Knapp in front of tent
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Byron Mills with crashed B-24 in background
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Dress parade for the 2nd Unit Citation
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Tent area north side
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Tent area west side
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Buddy Sokol (Herb's brother), James Strano and Harold Herling
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Harold H. Herling
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Byron Mills' "Wow-Wow" girls
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James Freeman and John Shawcross - the "Sawdust Twins"
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Russell Barker
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Byron Mills hunting on a day off
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Raymond Dunn hunting on a day off
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Standing L-R: Raymond Dunn; Byron Mills; Thomas Long
Squatting L-R: John Shawcross; Nathan Baumgardner
After finishing packing equipment to return to States
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VE-Day
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Raymond Dunn with local farmer family
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Italian workers - guy in back is in charge
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Gate into the town of Foggia
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Mess kitchen and laundry
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Polish tanks in Foggia
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Italian Army
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Polish tank in Foggia
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Byron Mills
Two miles up that road is the base.
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Scene of bombed out Foggia
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Scene of bombed out Foggia
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Scene of bombed out Foggia
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Chow time
L-R: Calver Eason; Albert Hall; John Butzu; John Knapp; Melvin Manke; Harold Herling
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Destruction in Foggia
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A commando
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Destruction in Foggia
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Clockwise: Peter Tampas; Moore; Fox; Jacob Genuardi; Fox; Innocent Perisico
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Pilot and co-pilot were killed
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Crash landed - navigator killed
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Came back with a load of bombs and blew up while landing
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Pilot and co-pilot killed
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Landing gear collapsed
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Pilor and co-pilot killed
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Pilot and co-pilot killed
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"Cover Girl" - a forced landing in a rutted field. Pilot received a Silver Star.
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John Gillette and Byron Mills
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John Gillette, John Beutke and Byron Mills
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John Gillette and Byron Mills
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John Beutke and John Gillette
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John Beutke and Byron Mills
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1944 Christmas card
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Mills driving proficiency
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Postcard from Cerignola
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Postcard from Cerignola
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Postcard from Cerignola
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Postcard from Cerignola