THE HISTORY
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The World War II Years |
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History of 64th TCG and
17th TCS - by Roger Coleson, 35th TCS Commander
Distinguished Unit
Citation - China, Burma, India Theater
Assignments of 64th TCG
- Parent Unit of the 17th TCS in WWII
Station List of 64th TCG
- Parent Unit of the 17th TCS in WWII
Forrest W. Gregg Letter
- Member of the 17th TCS in WWII
1940-1945 -
Official History of 64th TCG and 17th TCS (06-12-96)
1947-1954 -
Official History of 64th TCG and 17th TCS (06-12-96)
WW II Mystery Memorabilia -
Identify the use of these tickets. (06-23-96)
17th TCS Patch
- Original Squadron Patch From World War II (06-23-96)
17th TCS USAAC Squadron
Roster - Personnel assigned in WW II (Jan. 18, 1999)
17th TCS USAAC Squadron
Roster P2 - Personnel assigned in WW II (June 7, 1999)
17th TCS USAAC Squadron
Roster P3 - Sergeants assigned to squadron in WW II (June 7, 1999)
17th TCS USAAC Squadron
Roster P4 - Corporals and Privates in WW II (June 7, 1999)
Ode to a C-47 - World War II Poem by Staff Sergeant Reo
C. Trail of the 64th TCG
17th TCS Photo Album 1
- World War II photographs taken by W. A. Hitchcock (June 17, 1999)
17th TCS Photo Album 2 - World War II photographs taken by W. A.
Hitchcock (June 17, 1999)
17th TCS Photo Album 3 - World War II photographs taken by W. A.
Hitchcock (June 17, 1999)
17th TCS Photo Album 4 - World War II photographs taken by W. A. Hitchcock (June 17, 1999)
17th TCS Drops Red Devils
- Story of Red Devil John P. Potterat in WWII (July 20, 1999)
The James A Moran Diary
- Personal History of the 17th TCS during WWII (July 2, 2001)
17th TCS Crew Downs Zero
- Story by Hal Scrugham, Pilot. (August 25,
2001)
Remembering Clyde Ginder
– Radio operator on C-47 that “downed” Japanese Zero
Del Smith Photo Album
- Photos by Clarence D. "Del" Smith, 64th TCG Pilot WWII (February 2002)
Del Smith Obituary
- Contributor of the Del Smith Photo Album
Vern Montgomery's Story
- Pilot training to the end of World War II. (March 2002)
John W. Holmes - Story
from birth to end of World War II--16th TCS (January
2003)
Julian V. Beatty's Pages
- 17th Troop Carrier Squadron WWII (November
2003)
18th TCS Group Photo in
India - Courtesy of Max B. Butler family. (December 2003)
18th TCS Group Photo in
India - Courtesy of Max B. Butler family. (December 2003)
18th TCS Photo at Cairo,
Egypt - Courtesy of Max B. Butler family. (December 2003)
William A. Hitchcock
Photo Album - 17th TCS in World War II (Dec. 2004) 
Benjamin Ralph Brown - Early 17th TCS crew chief lost in
tragic train crash—1944
Village of Ciampino, Italy,
World War II – Photo
courtesy of Julian V. Beatty
Paul S. Smith – 17th
TCS Pilot in World War II (Courtesy of Paul S. Wilson son of Robert E. Wilson)
Robert E.. Wilson, 17th TCS
Pilot - Outside
Officer’s Quarters in World War II
17th TCS Pilots in World War
II - Courtesy of Paul S. Wilson son of Robert E.
Wilson
17th TCS Pilots in World
War II - Courtesy
of Paul S. Wilson son of Robert E. Wilson
Historical
Orders and Documents
Operation Torch Orders –
Special Orders Number 56, dated October 30, 1942 (273K)
Orders Comiso to CBI: Menu – Operations Order Number 132, dated
1 April 1944
The 17th Troop Carrier
Squadron Firebirds - Menu for Vietnam and Cold War Era
Building DYE II and III
- The 61st TCS in 1959 (09-06-97)
The 17th TAS and CRREL
- Research activities on the Greenland Ice Cap (09-06-97)
Earl Huddleston -
Pearl of the Arctic (June 27, 1998)
John C. Kerr - Eulogy
to Firebird pilot KIA Vietnam (Jan. 1, 1999)
The 61st TCS in Greenland
and Antarctica - by Col. Will
Turk (Ret.) (May 16, 1999)
Project Slide: USAF C-130
Ski Tests - by Kent A. Mitchell, AAHS Journal , Winter 1998.
(July 2, 2001)
Gary Lattin's Firebird
Emblem - Dated October 11, 1961, Official USAF Photos (July 19, 2001)
History of the
Firebirds in Alaska – Lt. Col. Gary Gottschall, Sourdough Sentinal,
23 Mar 07