- Baird,
Neil J.
- Ballard,
Dewey, Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
- Burrows, Irving L.
- Cameron,
Mort
- Chandler,
Richard E., USAF
- Collins,
Ken
- Depew,
Jerry
- Duquette,
Norman E., Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
- Norman E.
Duquette Photo Collection
- Letter: 10
August 1951, "A heck of a way to live...", 2nd Lieutenant N.
E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Camp Stoneman, California.
- Letter: 17 August 1951,
"We're going to Japan...", 2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise
W. Duquette from Camp Stoneman, California.
- Letter: 26 August 1951,
"Arrived Tokyo 2 a.m....", 2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise
W. Duquette from Ashiya Airfield, Japan.
- Letter: 28 August 1951,
"I'm in Korea now...", 2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W.
Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 2
September 1951, "Keep holy the Sabbath Day...", 2nd
Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield,
Korea.
- Letter:
3 September 1951,
"Yesterday we dug slit trenches...", 2nd Lieutenant N. E.
Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 5
September 1951,
"A news bulletin from Peiping...", 2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette
to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 6 September 1951,
"His name is Hiak Tong Pak...", 2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to
Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 11 September
1951, "Ninety-nine more to go...", 2nd Lieutenant N. E.
Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 12 September
1951, "A proud papa again...", 2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette
to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 16
September 1951, "Just like Valley Forge...", 2nd Lieutenant
N. E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 17 September
1951: "An almost foolproof maneuver...", 2nd Lieutenant N. E.
Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 17
September 1951: "I’m going to call it "Lovely Louise"...",
2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W.
Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 20 September
1951: "Actually its a pretty damned big affair...", 2nd
Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield,
Korea.
- Letter: 22 September
1951:
"It takes all
the fun out of flying and makes it strictly business..."It
takes all the fun out of flying and makes it strictly business...",
2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield,
Korea.
- Letter: 24
September 1951: "I got a weather mission...", 2nd Lieutenant
N. E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 28
September 1951: "Pause for an air raid...", 2nd Lieutenant N.
E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquettefrom Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 8 October
1951:
"I'm in a
rest hotel called the "Prince Shimazu...",
2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W.
Duquette from Tokyo, Japan.
- Letter: 11 October
1951:
"I got back
from R&R today...", 2nd Lieutenant N. E.
Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 13
October 1951:
"...Just got
informed that Miller and I have got a Sinuiju mission this afternoon...",
2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W.
Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 17 October 1951:
"We had to
move to another part of the field yesterday...",
2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield,
Korea.
- Letter:
24 October 1951: "Yesterday & today saw two of the fiercest air
battles of the war...", 2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W.
Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 31 October 1951:
"Happy Halloween...", 2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W.
Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 4 November
1951, ", 2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette
from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 10 November
1951,
"This 15th
Squadron is really a going concern. A bunch of Tigers. Lots
of guts & lots of glory...", 2nd Lieutenant N.
E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 12
November 1951,
"They lost two boys
yesterday so it made the dart board presentation a rather grim
affair...", 2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to
Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 15
November 1951, ", 2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to
Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 19
November 1951, ", 2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W.
Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter:
26 November 1951, ", 2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise
W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 28
November 1951, "After we get ninety missions we aren't sent very
deep into enemy territory. They keep us out of range of MiGs in
other words. That leaves me with 38 more sweat missions.
If I can keep out of a MiG gun sight for 38 more I'll have it made...",
2nd Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield,
Korea.
- Letter: 1
December 1951,
"Under all of this solemn beauty, in a foxhole, on the sides of a
mountain, in valleys filled with snow lie the men on the first evening
of their long sleep...", 1st Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W.
Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 7 December
1951, "I've eaten supper & spent an evening of idle conversation
on war stories, hunting, fishing, flying and how to get rid of fleas.
I guess I never told you that we're all lousy with fleas...",
1st Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo
Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 12
December 1951, "Miller is in the hospital with [a] cold &
headache & slight temp. I guess that's where I should be as I
don't feel too sharp...", 1st Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W.
Duquette from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter:
20 December 1951,
"Five more days till Christmas. Seven more days & the war may
be over. That would be a fine Christmas present...", 1st
Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo Airfield,
Korea.
- Letter: 25 December
1951, "Merry Christmas! It's far from being a white
Christmas. Outside the rain is falling down in a steady cold
drizzle. It's been raining for twelve hours and shows no signs of
letting up...", 1st Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette
from Kimpo Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 28
December 1951,
"I guess the Armistice fell through. I haven't heard any news
on it and we are still fighting today so I guess it's just simple
deduction...",
1st Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo
Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 3 January
1952, "The holidays are over & we are back to the normal workday.
We flew steadily through the week. I have 74 missions now...",
1st Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to Louise W. Duquette from Kimpo
Airfield, Korea.
- Letter: 6 January 1952,
"Good morning! It's nearly noon. I just returned from
an 1100 o'clock breakfast. Miller & I & two other guys from
the squadron came on R&R together. We're staying at the
Miyako Hotel in Kyoto...", 1st Lieutenant N. E. Duquette to
Louise W. Duquette from Kyoto, Japan.
- Article:
Bedcheck Charlie
- Article: The
Mission Briefing
- Article:
The Weather Run
- Article:
Tex Hill Gets A Purple Heart
- Article:
A Trip to the Yalu
- Article:
Let's Play Bottles
- Article: Black Tuesday,
"Unwilling to endure the losses suffered in these
two days of battle, Bomber Command ended daylight bombing missions over
North Korea. Bomber pilots would later refer to 23 October 1951 as
"Black Tuesday".
- Article:
Bearding the Lion
- Article:
Dignity Blue
- Article: Scottie,
"However, on that memorable day in Korea, Scottie
was one of a flight of four Meteor Pilots who got credit for hits on one
of the MiGs which was shot down..."
- Article: The
Christmas Tree Caper, "On
one particular evening in mid to late December of 1951, the Christmas
season was approaching and the festive moods of Christmas were rapidly
approaching with no signs of available Christmas decor such that a
Christmas tree vendor would have to offer..."
- Article: New
Year's Eve - 1951,
"The incident which I remember most about "Bed Check Charlie" was
on the night of New Years Eve of 1951..."
- Radio Interview: Eyes
of the Front, October 1951.
- "Blood Chits"
- Return to
the top
- Eledge,
Ashley C., USAF
- Gray,
Ruffin W., Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
- Gordon,
Doug
- Hanson,
James R.
- Harden,
E. Richard
-
Hunter, William
- Masterson,
John E.
- Meyer,
Frank W., USAF
- Nimmo,
James W.
-
Powell,
Ray, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF (Retired)
-
Rigsby,
Cecil, Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
-
Saylor,
George H., USAF
-
Sebring,
Stan R., Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
-
Smith,
JB, Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
-
Sorenson,
Ralph E.
-
Stearns,
Richard A.
-
Stoltz,
Edwin S., Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
-
Voss,
Clyde,
U.S. Air Force (Retired)
-
Williams, Kris, Daughter of Lt. Col. Jack P
Williams, USAF
-
Woodyard,
Jean K., Colonel, U.S. Air Force (Retired)
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