Lawrence Goldstein
MilitaryRadio Operator
Keirsted Crew
388th BG - 563rd BS
Flew 25 missions--first day raid on Berlin--crew name 'Worry Wart'--on 25th mission, returned to base, last plane to land, chased to channel by Fw 190--shooting continously until we escaped. As RO was able to obtain position report from rescue not despite Germany radio jamming. Pilot, B. J. Keirsted, credited my action as one that saved crew.
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ GC/ EAME w/ 1 battle star/ ETO
COMPLETED 25 COMBAT MISSIONS/ FLIGHT R/O INSTRUCTOR WITH 487 BG. FLEW BIG WEEK MISSIONS. . . TOTAL COMBAT HOURS 191 RETURN TO U. S. FLEW 0NE YEAR AS B-29 R/O RADIO INSTRUCTOR CLOVIS AAB KOREAN WAR ASSIGNED TO MISAWA AFB JAPAN 14 MONTHS AS COMMUNICATIONS SUPERVISOR
DFC/AIR MEDAL 3 CLUSTER/ETO RIBBON WITH BATTLE STAR AMERICAN THEATRE RIBBON/GOOD CONDUCT/KOREAN SERVICE MEDAL/ UN MEDAL/ KOREAN PRESIDENT CITATION
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- Date: 29 November 1943
- Date: 26 November 1943
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Related media
- Media Type: Video
- Object Number: UPL 25079
- Description: Interview with 388th Bomb Group veteran Larry Goldstein in October, 2011. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s6QWswzyik
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Brooklyn, New York | 10 February 1922 | |
Other 388th BG Combat Tour |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 26 November 1943 - 4 March 1943 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html