Lt Col Marshall Cloke, (second from right) a squadron commander in the 354th fighter-bomber group, checks last minute details with his flight-leaders just before an attack against German supply and communications lines. The scene is a front line field. L- R Capt Clayton K Gross [Spokane, Wash], Major Gilbert Talbot [Clackamas, Oregon], Lt Col Cloke [ Alberquerque, N Mew] and Capt Lewis W Powers [Compton, CA]. France.