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Delmer J. Dooley, veteran
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Delmer J. Dooley, 2007
Branch of Service: Air Force, Technical Sergeant
301st Bombardment Group, 353rd Bomb Squadron
Military Service: Enlisted, 1942 - 1945
Audio interview


Delmer J. Dooley, WWII service history (excerpts)


Delmer J. Dooley (Interviewed by Randall Barrett, SDPB Radio)


Reunion photo taken in September of 1992 at Geiger Field, Spokane
Washington, 301st Bombardment Group, 353rd Bomb Squadron
(Delmer J. Dooley is seated 2nd row, 6th from the left.)



Delmer J. Dooley pictured with fellow crewmember during a reunion in 1998.

 
Delmer J. Dooley was a turret gunner during WWII. This piece of flak, which
is anti-aircraft artillery, missed Mr. Dooley's left ear by inches and was imbedded
in and later removed from the turret. Mr. Dooley commented, "The sky was full of it!"


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