Leonard C Morris

Military

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The Service # is from his actual dog tags we still have and also from an award letter for another Oak Leaf Cluster on his Distinguished Flying Cross dated March 22, 1944 from "Headquarters Eighth Air Force". Posted by lmorrishoosier.

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Service # is from this museum's list of the flight crew on the "impatient Virgin" during mission to Furth, Germany and articles list him as First Lieutenant at discharge.

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From daughter, Lynnette Morris Hoosier, from articles listing awards and also pictures of being awarded medals with "medal # 5" listed on the back of one of the photos. Also, a dollar bill was recently found where Leonard recorded the date and place of each mission numbering them 1 to 25. On the other side of the dollar bill was written "Short Snorter Morris"...a nickname none of the family had ever heard of before! This is quite the fascinating dollar bill which we are going to frame!