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Pt*e Thret— »Veteran Of Combat Missions Brushes Up On His GunneryHARLINGEN—With five prob-jfloe and crushed. For two day* able Zeros to his credit and after the remaining three men waitedhaving been adrift on a raft tor 12 days among the ice floes of the Aleutian Islands S/Sgt. Norbert J. Glomski of Milwaukee, Wis., recently brushed up on his aepalon the raft. Then they were spotted by a routine flight ol' planes. If was Impossible for the planes t« get to them, however.For 10 more days they wailed forgunnery at the Harlingen Army rescue. During that time one of theAir Field.three went out of his head and itStaff Sergeant Glomski, formerly t^’f accessary for Glomski to div* an engineer on a B-26 working with \hcu?tlJ lh5 manJc!ulthe 400lh Heavy Bombardment Group at Dutch Harbor in the Aleutians, is a veteran of 35 combat missions. and has been decorated with theater of war ribbon- and the DFC.'* | Returning lrom a raid on Kiska 0 Glcmskis B-26 developed enginei-be calmed. The planes dropped food to the men by parachute. Finally, or. the 12th day Coast Guard boats goi through the ice floes and Ihe mer were gofcn oft. the raft.Sergeant Glomski came to Har-lingen to learn the latest developments m aerial, gunnery. I've learned plenty hero.* Glomsky saystrouble. Glomski cleared the line that would have been very valuablito the right engine and got it functioning again. Twenty-five Zeros were after the American planes— 14 of them were shot down. Glomski himself got two Zeros in that running battle. However, the B-26 was shot up, the pilot was killed and the co-pilot was wourded-The B-26 crashed into the icy waters around Dutch Harbor. The survivors—five ol them—went out on a raft. Two of the survivors were killed swimming for an icein combat/*ie floe- They were caught between thei sLJ2 BROADCASTSHigh School Cbaimnflnshjp BASKETBALLSAT. MCH.4 SmlD»r«l from Cr.gory Cym, Avtl;n
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Valley Morning Star
Harlingen, Texas, US
Sat, Mar 04, 1944
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