3/9/1949 – 4/26/2016 Branch: Army Rank: E5 Outfit: 9th Service Dates: 1967 – 1970
3 Purple Hearts, A Silver Star, A Bronze Star, Distinguished Flying Cross, Combat Infantry Badge, 7 Air Medals and the Vietnam Cross of Gallantry. He was a Gunner and Scout Helicopter Cambodia Wrote the Book “Tattletale” Story uploaded: Friday, August 14, 2009 / Updated: Friday, May 26, 2023
Glen Warren Francis 8/24/1920 – 10/6/2007 Branch: Army Air Corps Rank: Sergeant Unit: B-26 “Marauders” Outfit: 669th Bomb Squadron Service Dates: 1942-11 – 1945-10 County: Cape Girardeau Conflicts/Significant Events: World War II, 6 Air Offensive Campaign Bronze Stars Interviewed at Missouri Veterans Home Cape Girardeau, Mo. Story uploaded: Friday, June 22, 2007 / Updated Thursday, April 20, 2023
1/8/1918 – 1/17/2020 Branch: Army Rank: PFC Unit: 121st Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron Outfit: Troop B Service Dates: 1944-06-05 – 1945-11-11 Veteran Station: St. Louis County: St. Louis Drafted Medals: Purple Heart, Bronze Star, Infantry Badge, German Army of Occupation Conflicts/Significant Events: World War II, Rhineland and Central Europe Story Uploaded Tuesday, May 8, 2007/Modified Monday, January 23rd, 2023
Keeper of The Flame’s “Honor Guard Story Guard” is Blessed to Keep the Sacred Story of Leston M. Winters StorySealed to this guitar Signed by John Rich of Big & Rich. You can learn more about John’s work benefiting the Folds of Honor at www.redneckriviera.com and keep up with all the latest music at www.bigandrich.com. The Guitar was presented to Beth, Remington, Ryder & Emma at an event supporting the www.fallenheroesfamilycamp.com on July 29th, 2019. StorySeal™ 01002 http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/lmwinters.htm
Sgt. Leston M. Winters, 30, of Sour Lake, Texas, died Thursday in Kandahar province after this unit was attacked with an improvised explosive. Winters was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. Winters was a civil affairs medical sergeant who joined the Army in July 1998 and arrived at Fort Campbell in April 2010. He died just months after volunteering for his 3rd tour of duty.
Winters is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, son, Remington, and daughter Emma, all of Palmyra, Tenn.; son Jonathon, of Germany; and parents, Kenneth and Cheryl Spivey, of Sour Lake, Texas.
Norman was inducted at Fort McClellan, Alabama 10/23/1942
Branch: Army 9th Air Force, 806th Medical Air Evacuation Squadron
Rank: Tec 3 Medical Technician 409
SN: 34 396 321
Norman was discharged on 10/10/1945 in Fort McPherson, Ga.
Service Dates: 11/06/1942 – 10/10/1945
Home: Maysville, Alabama
Conflicts/Significant Events: World War II, Paired with a Nurse and 2 Pilots he flew 150 plus missions over enemy territory in Northern France, Central Europe, Normandy D+5, and Rhineland. He received Four Campaign Bronze Star Cluster Medal, Air Medal, Good Conduct Medal, WWII Victory Medal
In early November 1943, the 806th made its first history – Lt. Jean K. Bartholomew and a surgical technician evacuated twelve patients from the ETO to the United States. This was the first transatlantic Medical Air Evacuation from the ETO.
Our greatest opportunity came after D-Day and in the months of war that followed while stationed at Grove with the 31st Air Transport Group. June 11: Official aerovac began on D+5 when 2d Lt. Grace E. Dunham, chief nurse of the 806th MAES, flew into Normandy Omaha Beach in a C47 that was still painted with invasion stripes. Upon landing, she jumped from the airplane wearing her oversized flight suit, provided care to the wounded, and flew with 18 Litter Patients to England. By the end of the month, the 806th had helped evacuate about 7,500 patients from France to England Then during June, July, and August, with the 31st, we evacuated 20,142 patients and received two letters of commendation from Wing Headquarters for this.
5 December was our first permanent move to France; to Orly and who among us can forget that lovely building we fell heir to! It had everything except heat, hot water and window panes. (The warmest place was outside in the snow). On the 7th of December 1944 Lt. Flo E. Twidale and T/ 3 David Winston made the first evac of American wounded from the continent for a transatlantic flight, the plane was a C-54 and there were 16 litter patients. During the months of December and January with ATC, 4,928 patients were evacuated.
During our stay at Melun and later Villacoublay, France, in the months of 1945, there was much hard work and many changes. A short tour of duty with a tent hospital near Le Mans preceded our real work, and after the Rhine para-drop in March, we began the Germany to France flights with the 436th T.C. Group following General Patton and the Third Army in their sweep across Europe.
In April 1945, the 806th set a world-wide record, which still stands, by evacuating 17,287 patients during that one month. This was more patients than had ever been evacuated in one month by any squadron in any Theater of Operation. We received a letter of commendation from Major General Paul Williams of the Ninth Troop Carrier Command for this effort.
Also in July we made the first Air Evac of patients from Berlin, Germany “Hawksie-Mae” did this. Four of us, along with Major Cannon, had been assigned to Berlin in order to evacuate by air any personnel attending the Potsdam Conference.
On 8 May 1945,the war had ended in Europe and tho’ our hard work continued, the winds of change were in the air.
806th Sqdn. – Central Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland. Received a letter of commendation for its record achievement of evacuating 17,266 patients during the month of April 1945. Commendable also is the fact that 16,997 of these patients were flown directly from front lines.
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