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Vercelli Returns after Seven Months in European Theater
Lt. Edward Vercelli B-17 navigator arrives from the European theater after seven months of overseas duty with the Army Air Corps. He completed 14 missions, helped deliver food to Holland, and assisted prisoners of war from Austria. He wears the fifth medal with oak leaf cluster, the presidential unit citation, and the ETO ribbon. He reached Joliet on June 11 and will report to Sioux Falls for reassignment, possibly heading to the South Pacific. His brother, Lt. jg Jenn Vercelli of the Navy Air Corps, married May 28 at Wildwood New Jersey base chapel.
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Edward Vercelli
John Vercelli
Grenwood Avenue
Army Air Corps
England
Holland
Austria
Vercalli
Joliet
Sioux Fels
S. D
Bic
South
G. Jenn Vercelli
Navy Air Corps
Larie DeMara
St. Louis
Base
Wildwood
N. J