SCRUGGS, JR., WILLIAM "BILL" M., 92
Gainesville - Bill Scruggs, 92, passed away on August 1, 2014. Born in Monticello, FL on Oct. 1, 1921 - a 3rd generation Floridian - to Wm. M., Sr. & Eulee Boulware Scruggs, both teachers. Bill worked on the family farm, played high school football, and became known as a practical joker. His stories of harvesting thousands of watermelon, planting smoke bombs, and getting caught smoking in the barn come from this time. Bill joined the Army Air Corps in 1943, flying to England as an 8th Air Force B-17 pilot. Completing 21 missions between 5/5/1944 and 7/13/1944, he spoke with wonder of the D-Day mission over Normandy, and the thousands of transport ships filling the Channel. His final mission ended with a wheels-up crash landing in an English wheat field, killing 7 of 9 crew, as all bombs exploded and burned. Bill spent three years in hospitals and medically retired as a Captain. Honors: The Purple Heart, Air Medal, European Campaign, WWII Victory Medal, Voie de La Liberte, French Legion of Honor, and others.
(Published in Ocala Star-Banner from Aug. 6 to Aug. 7, 2014)
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Military interment at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida, at 1:30 pm, Friday, September 26, 2014.
Gainesville - Bill Scruggs, 92, passed away on August 1, 2014. Born in Monticello, FL on Oct. 1, 1921 - a 3rd generation Floridian - to Wm. M., Sr. & Eulee Boulware Scruggs, both teachers. Bill worked on the family farm, played high school football, and became known as a practical joker. His stories of harvesting thousands of watermelon, planting smoke bombs, and getting caught smoking in the barn come from this time. Bill joined the Army Air Corps in 1943, flying to England as an 8th Air Force B-17 pilot. Completing 21 missions between 5/5/1944 and 7/13/1944, he spoke with wonder of the D-Day mission over Normandy, and the thousands of transport ships filling the Channel. His final mission ended with a wheels-up crash landing in an English wheat field, killing 7 of 9 crew, as all bombs exploded and burned. Bill spent three years in hospitals and medically retired as a Captain. Honors: The Purple Heart, Air Medal, European Campaign, WWII Victory Medal, Voie de La Liberte, French Legion of Honor, and others.
(Published in Ocala Star-Banner from Aug. 6 to Aug. 7, 2014)
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Military interment at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida, at 1:30 pm, Friday, September 26, 2014.
SCRUGGS, JR., WILLIAM "BILL" M., 92
Gainesville - Bill Scruggs, 92, passed away on August 1, 2014. Born in Monticello, FL on Oct. 1, 1921 - a 3rd generation Floridian - to Wm. M., Sr. & Eulee Boulware Scruggs, both teachers. Bill worked on the family farm, played high school football, and became known as a practical joker. His stories of harvesting thousands of watermelon, planting smoke bombs, and getting caught smoking in the barn come from this time. Bill joined the Army Air Corps in 1943, flying to England as an 8th Air Force B-17 pilot. Completing 21 missions between 5/5/1944 and 7/13/1944, he spoke with wonder of the D-Day mission over Normandy, and the thousands of transport ships filling the Channel. His final mission ended with a wheels-up crash landing in an English wheat field, killing 7 of 9 crew, as all bombs exploded and burned. Bill spent three years in hospitals and medically retired as a Captain. Honors: The Purple Heart, Air Medal, European Campaign, WWII Victory Medal, Voie de La Liberte, French Legion of Honor, and others.
(Published in Ocala Star-Banner from Aug. 6 to Aug. 7, 2014)
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Military interment at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida, at 1:30 pm, Friday, September 26, 2014.
Gainesville - Bill Scruggs, 92, passed away on August 1, 2014. Born in Monticello, FL on Oct. 1, 1921 - a 3rd generation Floridian - to Wm. M., Sr. & Eulee Boulware Scruggs, both teachers. Bill worked on the family farm, played high school football, and became known as a practical joker. His stories of harvesting thousands of watermelon, planting smoke bombs, and getting caught smoking in the barn come from this time. Bill joined the Army Air Corps in 1943, flying to England as an 8th Air Force B-17 pilot. Completing 21 missions between 5/5/1944 and 7/13/1944, he spoke with wonder of the D-Day mission over Normandy, and the thousands of transport ships filling the Channel. His final mission ended with a wheels-up crash landing in an English wheat field, killing 7 of 9 crew, as all bombs exploded and burned. Bill spent three years in hospitals and medically retired as a Captain. Honors: The Purple Heart, Air Medal, European Campaign, WWII Victory Medal, Voie de La Liberte, French Legion of Honor, and others.
(Published in Ocala Star-Banner from Aug. 6 to Aug. 7, 2014)
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Military interment at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Florida, at 1:30 pm, Friday, September 26, 2014.
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