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Iowans on Okinawa Aerial Tales From The Front
Mixed dispatches detail Iowans serving on Okinawa. Names include Lt Moy P. Wanhit and Capt. Donald J. Small among pilots. Lt Marvin J. Grotenbuls and LE Geral F. Peresmaan cited. Posthumous Medal awarded to Lt. Donald J Lobaugh for single-handedly silencing a Japanese machine gun at Aitape. Casualties and injuries noted. several names and hometowns listed amid battlefield accounts.
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Okinawa
Donald J. Small
Fort Teize
Manila
Prilippires
Wnt
Donald Jo' Baugh