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Title
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Colonel Joseph Laughlin in the Service of the Army Air Corps
Subject
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Colonel Joseph Laughlin's time spent as a service member of the Army Air Corps
Description
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From his acceptance into the Flying Cadet Program to the re-designation of the Army Air Corps as the United States Air Force, Colonel Joseph Laughlin built up experience as an excellent pilot, commander, and leader. The items contained in this collection apply to Colonel Joseph Laughlin's career within the Army Air Corps. They span his prewar service, his war service, and the year following his war service in which the Army Air Corps had not yet been re-designated as the United States Air Force.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1939-1946
Source
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National Museum of the United States Air Force
National Museum of the United States Air Force - Research Division
The Estate of the late Colonel Joseph Laughlin
The C.R. Laughlin family
Publisher
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United States Air Force
The Estate of the late Colonel Joseph Laughlin
The C.R. Laughlin family
Text
A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
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Title
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Letters Between Pilots' Mothers With Newspaper Article
Source
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National Museum of the United States Air Force - Research Division
Publisher
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United States Air Force
Subject
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Patriotism was alive and well throughout the U.S., and the families of military personnel supported each other, even if they were a few states away
Description
An account of the resource
This article, from a newspaper in Ohio, tells the story of a local pilot getting shot down in the Battle of Bastogne, but insisting on getting back to base as he was expecting to hear news that he was a father. This airman, 1st Lt. Duane E. Oyster, was a pilot in the 362nd Fighter Group, and although there is only a passing reference to Colonel Joseph Laughlin in the article, Lt. Oysters' mother felt compelled to pass on the article to Colonel Laughlin's family. The final letter was written in reply to Ruba Oyster's original letter nearly 30 years later by Colonel Laughlin's mother, Gertrude. It shows that the bonds shared by the pilots were also shared by their families, even decades after the war.
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1945-1975
362nd Fighter Group
bonds
Colonel Joseph Laughlin
Gertrude Laughlin
Lt. Duane Oyster
mothers
Newspaper
patriotism
Ruba Oyster