Huddleston Scrapbook page 53
Title
Huddleston Scrapbook page 53
Subject
Air Corps Service
Description
Typewritten description of Mission 18 over Bari. Describes leg injury and deaths of other men on the plane: "If it hadn't been for the intense cold I would have bled to death but the blood either froze or clotted after I made a tourniquet with my head set cords . . . the top gunner died in the ambulance with me on the way to the hospital." Photograph of Huddleston being treated for injury. Newspaper clipping describing Huddleston being awarded Purple heart Oak Leaf Cluster and Distinguished Flying Cross.
Creator
Eddie Huddleston
Source
Eddie Huddleston Scrapbook
Publisher
Colleen Hobbs
Date
1943/07/16
Rights
Ellie Huddleston
Format
jpg
Language
English
Type
text and image
Coverage
Bari, Italy
Files
Collection
Citation
Eddie Huddleston, “Huddleston Scrapbook page 53,” Writing Home: World War II letters of Capt. Charles L. Hobbs, accessed May 3, 2024, https://clhobbs.omeka.net/items/show/903.