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Philip H. Wardwell, Sr.

My father served in the 5th Air Force, 85th Airdrome Squadron of the US Army. His expression of partiotism throughout his life will be remembered and honored by his family. He passed away at 85 years old on September 30, 2008. He was a man of great integrity who valued his family and the simple pleasures of life.

John Ryan

SGT John Ryan, attended Bowdoin College under a WWII army program (Graduated after the war), and served in the Pacific Theater as a central fire control gunner on a B-29 that was shot down over Japan in April, 1945. He was held as a prisoner of war under bad conditions until the end of the war.

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