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Pilot Elmer Pollan Earns Air Medal With Oak Leaf Cluster
First Lieutenant Elmer N Pollan led ten P-47 Thunderbolts in a mission near Pesquo Waly destroying three houses used by enemies in support of Eighth Army in Italy. He, a University of Alabama two year graduate, has served since February 1944 and flown over combat missions with the 9th Fighter Group in the 12th Air Force.
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Elmer N. Pollan
Elmer Paollan
Weer Adame Street
Pesquo
Waly
Eighth Army
Italy
University of Alabama
Lieut. Pollan
T9th Fighter Group
12Th Air Force
Brush Desert Air Force Command
Dothan High School