Serviceman
Gibson
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Known so far only from the squadron morning reports: a surname, an Army serial number and the clerk's spelling. A roster name has not yet been matched to him.
- Army serial number
- 35431639
- Rank
- Sgt (19 November 1943), Sgt (29 November 1943), Sgt (5 July 1944), Cpl (24 October 1944)
- Sources
- morning-report
Morning reports
6 entries, first 19 November 1943, last 31 October 1944; grades seen: Cpl, Sgt. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.
- 1943-11-19 HQ: Fr dy to furl (10 Days)
- 1943-11-29 HQ: Fr fur (10 Days) to dy per MOS
- 1944-03-27 840th: Set Hosp to dy. OFFICER FLD o & CAPT
- 1944-07-05 HQ: Above EM reduced to gr of Pvt per Par 7, SO 118, Hq, 483d Bomb Gp (H), APO 520, dtd 4 Jul 44,
- 1944-10-24 840th: Dy to fur (6 days).
- 1944-10-31 840th: CDl Fur to dv. 30 Oct Lils. *** RECORD OF EVENTS *** Non-operational.
National Archives pages: roll 456415616 p. 845, roll 456415616 p. 868, roll 467225905 p. 170, roll 481433713 p. 481, roll 572487240 p. 2553, roll 572487240 p. 2564
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