Actor Forrest Tucker and Henry "Red" Erwin at the airport in Birmingham, Alabama.
Erwin, a native of Alabama, received the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1945. He saved the crew of the bomber by throwing a burning phosphoresce smoke bomb out the window of the plane.
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Format: | Electronic |
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/amg/id/14468 |
Summary: | Erwin, a native of Alabama, received the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1945. He saved the crew of the bomber by throwing a burning phosphoresce smoke bomb out the window of the plane. |
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