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Lieut. Hoey Ends Missions Against JapsOne Of Three Brothers In, Service; Lcoks Forward! To Furlough HomeLieutenant Edward C. Hoey ot tin? United States Army Air Force nrar.onecl in the Southwest Pacific war zone, has completed his rc-fruire'l 50 missions and combat i. outs and is awaiting now for transportation homo on furlough, his father. John B. Fluey. Sr., .of VVwlnut street has been inioimed.Lieutenant Hoey took part in the first bombing of key Japanese b Liens over a wide area !n tho Pacific war '/.one. and now la ouscc! in the Netherlands East Indies, Jt has been learned.Only 20 minutes away from his field In the Indies, his brother John, also a lieutenant in the Air Force. Is stationed, and the navigator writes that he spends half /a' ms »lnv* at his brothers air field waiting for him LO put in an appirarur.ee- Lieutenant Hoey writes that wlien he goes over John is usually flying.Lieutenant Hooy is a navigator on a bomber, and has received several decorations for his outstanding flight efforts in the past several months.Lieutenant John Hoey. who is tho husband of tho former Miss Mary St. John, is the pilot Of a cri.int C-i7 cargo plane, and does no combat work. Ho flics cargo into tin* war an'as, and also is. believed to evacuate wounded on; his return trip.(Continued on Page S)
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Naugatuck Daily News
Naugatuck, Connecticut, US
Sat, Dec 16, 1944
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