We were formed up as a crew in 1943 in Shreveport LA. We all went overseas
togethter. We were the crew of "Willie The Wolf", K9J, a B-26 of the 344th
Bomb
Group, 494th Bomb Squadron. We flew all or missions together. We were
friends
and brothers in arms.Of our 6 man crew 4 are no longer with us. On this
Memorial Day I would like to refresh the memory of our absent friends:

1st Lt. Bob Monson Co-Pilot. (Boston).
S/Sgt Emilio Griego engineer tail gunner (New Mexico)
S/Sgt Bo Taylor radio waist gunner (Texas)
S/Sgt Bill Henderson Armament top turret gunner.(PA)
And as much a part of our crew as any man on it, the B-26 Willie the Wolf.

They will always rest well in our memories.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
Visit my WW II B-26 website at:
http://www.coastcomp.com/artkramer



Art, I was watching some show or other on the History Channel recently and
they showed a KIA, all wrapped in blankets, being removed from a B-26.

Thank you.

One thing that I think a lot of baby boomers like myself don't realize is that
all those millions of GI's went to war in WWII without much expectations of
anything great - even if they lived. The unemployment rate was 10% even at the
time of Pearl Harbor. There was a bit of doggerel that went:

"Golden Gate in '48
Bread line in '49".

But ya'll still went out and laid it all on the line and the world was changed
for the better, forever.

Walt