Cole, Benjamin Gaston

Dates:
Active 1943
Active 1991

Biographical notes:

Native of Candler, N.C.; lieutenant, later captain, U.S. Air Forces; stationed first at Greenville Air Field (S.C.), 2 Mar. 1943, with 78th Service Group (Greenville Service Group Training Center); Cole was transferred, 17 Mar. 1943, with the 381st Service Squadron to Walterboro Army Air Field (Colleton County, S.C.), and then to Robins Field, Warner-Robins, Ga.; en route to England, he was stationed briefly at Camp Kilmer, N.J., preparatory to sailing on 8 July 1943 aboard the Aquatania.

From the description of Benjamin Gaston Cole papers, 1943-1991; (bulk, 1943-1946). (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 32850865

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  • Military camps
  • Soldiers
  • War crime trials
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • North Carolina (as recorded)
  • Colleton County (S.C.) (as recorded)
  • Europe (as recorded)
  • France--Normandy (as recorded)
  • South Carolina (as recorded)
  • Greenville County (S.C.) (as recorded)
  • Germany--Nuremberg (as recorded)