USdog Posted April 21, 2017 Share #1 Posted April 21, 2017 Veteran was from Hartford County, CT. Served in VPB-109 as AMM1c. On January 2, 1944, was wounded by shrapnel in left arm during Japanese air raid on an airfield on Apamama, Gilbert Islands. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share #2 Posted April 21, 2017 Island Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted April 21, 2017 Author Share #3 Posted April 21, 2017 Gravestone. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddyboots Posted April 22, 2017 Share #4 Posted April 22, 2017 Great tag !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bellasilva Posted April 22, 2017 Share #5 Posted April 22, 2017 Love it! WIA Navy tags are few and far between Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USdog Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share #6 Posted April 22, 2017 Love it! WIA Navy tags are few and far between They are! I only have 3 WIA Navy tags. But I bet I have the rarest island WIA, yet probably least desirable lol. Sure it's not the Canal or Iwo Jima, but who else has a tag of a guy wounded on an island that nobody has ever heard of called Apamama LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northcoastaero Posted April 22, 2017 Share #7 Posted April 22, 2017 Nice tag. VPB-109 flew the Consolidated PB4Y-1 Liberator during early 1944. Here is some additional information: http://vpnavy.org/vp109.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VPB-109 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consolidated_B-24_Liberator#PB4Y-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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