Memorial Day: 2nd Lieutenant David R. Kingsley
May 24th, 2009 | By LowellB in Medal of Honor Citations, Military, TN Blog | No Comments »
My inaugural post for this blog will be a Memorial Day remembrance about a pivotal moment in World War II and one of the men who willingly made the ultimate sacrifice in that moment.
Operation Tidal Wave: The Ploesti oil fields raid
This Deseret News article tells part of the story of one pilot and his plane’s role in the pivotal Ploesti oil fields raid on August 1, 1943 (artist’s rendition at left). It was a harrowing low-altitude bombing mission.
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