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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Colonel Joseph Laughlin in the Service of the Army Air Corps Subject The topic of the resource Colonel Joseph Laughlin's time spent as a service member of the Army Air Corps Description An account of the resource 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 A related resource from which the described resource is derived 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource A Press Release about Colonel Joseph Laughlin's Combat Record Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Museum of the United States Air Force - Research Division Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available United States Air Force Subject The topic of the resource Before his return to Nebraska on leave in the winter of 1944, the Public Relations Office of the Ninth Air Force sent this press release to the parents of Colonel Joseph Laughlin for distribution to local papers Description An account of the resource This press release covers the combat record that Colonel Laughlin had accrued up until December of 1944. In it, it discusses his recent promotion, his awards, his most notorious credits of destruction, and an account of all destroyed German equipment. It also describes some of his group's credits as well as their overall mission in Europe. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ninth Air Force Public Relations Office, Army Air Corps Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 4, 1944 362nd Fighter Group Brest Brest Harbor Colonel Joseph Laughlin combat missions Croix de Guerre Dam damage destroyed Distinguished Flying Cross General Patton German Light Cruiser gun positions Nebraska P-47 Press Release Seille River Silver Star tanks Third Army Thunderbolt trains trucks https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/22482/archive/files/ab3a8972830681a338479c681102982a.JPG?Expires=1773878400&Signature=gLA%7ESo%7EIaYyGXOCoGSNX4XbvHHSx8OUlR1gawbnPSRDXC%7EskzZMabA5q2MWtp9rYriDaHgQwnolT%7EcnMm6tDb6GfMRJzPUAW-LP%7EhGZiqL50YJLf3JKbyDASXYdGXb9mArNITc5fZfR%7Ejcq%7Ebik2iojEsn9VNAQkGQrSJ51jMWt9nUSN38i0LSuH9m2UyVxW2c3KjOJqrtj7rwTDWCqACxpgbA0zsWlzJc8xt7T2x4K%7EAXRKr8RDWXY-%7EBGenoZHTPHp9AulJjJkoSlA%7Ewvq1VoserZt7p1DEgTsUlNvyTCbzsQRRZNXMcjqFEBt3Z7-bGqEOiyTAalgX-S5A5VrOw__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 269b5d1422b14b1b9f8384ab81f9ac2a https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/22482/archive/files/af966ab00bcd2f52a0eed99f92e11dc5.JPG?Expires=1773878400&Signature=lneghEsu5F%7EuLWZUyduegcKVn6B3MtJwdXLEgEofXfQlvwoMyZRbm6wadaIhYpcAgvSN8CKvRGV8PwVSSK6IUZ9yfL7GtABF5frbj6k9Ev131k5nc3R1HxZRcBFTb-Sas%7E3L-6ATOzRmoz4a2al4%7EDxQBQv9iryEVzKSCtAw9d7E7bI8Wi4hUGHz19PC3R3NjQS05M17H%7Ey%7EN2jWzyKOnhNEYk%7ERtdun8p546gXT%7EYfZfayrvUPrDzxKoIyGeqvahtiJBcXgC870T0Pj9sTcM2h-VVEN-Qb2hGaHPhZhJU-6g7K%7EDqBJCv%7EyNQ2kzhEj88tw7vtDoRmxwK8JrRrtlg__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM 0e368319b34ce78bd07879a2615ed252 https://d1y502jg6fpugt.cloudfront.net/22482/archive/files/5558a233c5e20d8c35d65f88732dd175.JPG?Expires=1773878400&Signature=OY069TkGVkkGNAKXawVG-RCuEPe2u923DIS45gecDx1q%7E3GPsoNofO9zrAndmCQMVRN6fXKizL0kQbVkfe2dNQrWi-zB9%7E0dy0UpjqwajggHsu2PQkHfcXpPov%7EEJgKtdbjiZEKNXkSjy%7EmPC66npWge97QGAqzOAs4-Q1HlcMmlf8MyZ0uXWYYXy0wAQFRJTKCecu%7EI5Axhm0m50nkzikcYHnhj%7EAiOSA2TSlfhqcjI6Xm5X-B64RM0i9FoVud5CIwdW0vcJEISvADt5OdE4Er9WXRqII-jigcrt6doKMu0IbxfbxcwscjcsPdmnZ-0NR4k6m6aW5zf0sM4BK5GLA__&Key-Pair-Id=K6UGZS9ZTDSZM f725aa8d3201af1f03deca8b55f6a2b2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Colonel Joseph Laughlin in the Service of the Army Air Corps Subject The topic of the resource Colonel Joseph Laughlin's time spent as a service member of the Army Air Corps Description An account of the resource 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 A related resource from which the described resource is derived 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 An entity responsible for making the resource available 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Press Release Concerning Colonel Joseph Laughlin and the Bombing of Bremen Airport Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Museum of the United States Air Force - Research Division Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available United States Air Force Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ninth Air Force Public Relations Office, Army Air Corps Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Subject The topic of the resource A press release that touts the accomplishments of Colonel Laughlin and the 362nd Fighter Group Description An account of the resource This press release, also found in a partial article from a Nebraska newspaper also in this collection, describes the recent successes of Colonel Laughlin in France. It includes the details behind a Ninth Air Force record-setting flight that was Colonel Laughlin's idea as payback to the Nazis for all that they had done so far. It goes into detail about Colonel Laughlin's life before the war, his friendship with the current 362nd Group Commander, Colonel Morton Magoffin, and how he is viewed by the men in the group. It is also the only time his first wife, Kathleen, is mentioned in any format. .50-caliber guns 362nd Fighter Group Air Medal Alpha Tau Omega bombs Bremen Bremen Airport cars Colonel Joseph Laughlin Colonel Morton Magoffin combat missions Distinguished Flying Cross divebombing Elks Lodge European Theater Five by Five flak German Grand Island Hawaii Kathleen Kelly Field Luftwaffe Mogin's Maulers Nebraska P-36 P-40 P-47 Pacific Theater Pearl Harbor San Francisco tanks Thunderbolt trains trucks University of Nebraska Wheeler Field wife