Gordon's father William was one-half Osage & Quapaw, therefore, Gordon and his siblings were a fourth. He is listed as such on the Osage Tribal records.
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Sergeant with the 822nd Bomb Squadron, 38th Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Forces.
Shot down aboard a B-25 Mitchell on a mission to strafe Japanese targets in the southwest area of Formosa (Taiwan) during World War II.
The crew killed were:
2nd Lt. Lynn M Mahannah, Pilot
2nd Lt. Harold R Preis
Flt Off. Felix Tyll
Sgt. Joseph G Bratton
Cpl. Richard F LaRue
Cpl. Russell A Schuh
Entered the service from Oklahoma; ASN 20832640.
Enlisted at Tulsa, OK, July 9, 1942.
Interred August 17, 1949.
Gordon's father William was one-half Osage & Quapaw, therefore, Gordon and his siblings were a fourth. He is listed as such on the Osage Tribal records.
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Sergeant with the 822nd Bomb Squadron, 38th Bomb Group, U.S. Army Air Forces.
Shot down aboard a B-25 Mitchell on a mission to strafe Japanese targets in the southwest area of Formosa (Taiwan) during World War II.
The crew killed were:
2nd Lt. Lynn M Mahannah, Pilot
2nd Lt. Harold R Preis
Flt Off. Felix Tyll
Sgt. Joseph G Bratton
Cpl. Richard F LaRue
Cpl. Russell A Schuh
Entered the service from Oklahoma; ASN 20832640.
Enlisted at Tulsa, OK, July 9, 1942.
Interred August 17, 1949.
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SGT, US ARMY AIR FORCES WORLD WAR II
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