Headquarters Squadron (489th Bomb Group)
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UPL 22938
Lt Colonel Leon R Vance Jr
Medal of Honor, Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 bronze star, American Campaign Medal, American Defense Medal.
Medal of Honor, Purple Heart, World War II Victory Medal, European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 1 bronze star, American Campaign Medal, American Defense Medal.
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People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (489th Bomb Group) 846th Supply Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Supply
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (489th Bomb Group) Headquarters (Eighth Air Force)
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (489th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-17668
- Highest Rank: Brigadier General
- Role/Job: Commanding Officer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 489th Bomb Group Headquarters Squadron (489th Bomb Group)
- Service Numbers: O-022050
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Pilot; Group Commanding Officer
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia