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Date Posted: 11:49:31 02/03/11 Thu
Author: Tom McGlinchey (Proud son of John McGlinchey, 1328th AAFBU)
Subject: Re: Looking for Info on William Publicover Jr, Flight Officer

>I am looking for information on my Dad William A.
>Publicover Jr, Flight Officer assigned to 1328 AAFBU
>MNisamari May 1945 and also 1332 AAFBU Search & Rescue
>Mohanbari. Also is there a reunion scheduled in 2004
>? Thanking you in advance!

Bruce, I am late to the party here, only having obtained my Dad's military records this past week. He had seven kids, and while he died in 1997, it took all this time at family reunions to piece together snippets of stories he had told each of us, for me to decided to send away for his records.
He never said enough to suggest that he was in Misamari or what was done there. We only knew he spent time in India.
It turns out, he was a Navigator with the 1328th, with 12 flights over the Hump (doing what from that base, exactly, I don't know -fuel, provisions, personnel, equipment?) and also served as senior briefing officer. Maybe they did a mix of things from there. My part of the story we pieced together was "Dad, what did you do in the war?" with the reply, "oh, I flew in a big plane, a B-24, as a navigator." He encouraged me to develop compass skills as a Scout (smile). He loved to go to the beach to see all the stars. It is said, the greatest generation came home, took care of business, and often did not stop to reflect on the magnitude of what they accomplished until much, much later.

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Re: 1328th AAFBU, Misamari, India, CBI Theater -- Tom McGlinchey (Proud son of John McGlinchey, 1328th AAFBU), 11:52:22 02/03/11 Thu
Re: Looking for Info on William Publicover Jr, Flight Officer -- Dave Pelto (The Peaceful), 09:53:04 02/08/11 Tue

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>>I am looking for information on my Dad William A. >>Publicover Jr, Flight Officer assigned to 1328 AAFBU >>MNisamari May 1945 and also 1332 AAFBU Search & Rescue >>Mohanbari. Also is there a reunion scheduled in 2004 >>? Thanking you in advance! > >Bruce, I am late to the party here, only having >obtained my Dad's military records this past week. He >had seven kids, and while he died in 1997, it took all >this time at family reunions to piece together >snippets of stories he had told each of us, for me to >decided to send away for his records. >He never said enough to suggest that he was in >Misamari or what was done there. We only knew he >spent time in India. >It turns out, he was a Navigator with the 1328th, with >12 flights over the Hump (doing what from that base, >exactly, I don't know -fuel, provisions, personnel, >equipment?) and also served as senior briefing >officer. Maybe they did a mix of things from there. >My part of the story we pieced together was "Dad, what >did you do in the war?" with the reply, "oh, I flew in >a big plane, a B-24, as a navigator." He encouraged >me to develop compass skills as a Scout (smile). He >loved to go to the beach to see all the stars. It is >said, the greatest generation came home, took care of >business, and often did not stop to reflect on the >magnitude of what they accomplished until much, much >later.

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