B-26 Marauder Archives, Arthur Hilton Correspondence 1935-1946

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B-26 Marauder Archives, Arthur Hilton Correspondence 1935-1946

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The Arthur Hilton Correspondence consists of letters written between Arthur Hilton, his mother, Beulah R. Grice, and his girlfriend, Bess before and during World War II. There are also letters from the war department.

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Hilton, Arthur, 1897-1979

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United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Group, 17th

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Arthur Hilton

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In 1943, Arthur "Pete" Hilton was assigned to ground crew at Sheppard Field in Wichita Falls, Texas. He then attended army technical school in Sioux Falls, South Dakota as radio operator/radio mechanic. In April of 1944, he graduated with the rank of corporal and was transferred to Barksdale Field in Shreveport, Louisiana where he was trained on B-26 Marauders as a radio gunner. He was assigned to the 17th Bombardment Group, 37th Bombardment Squadron and shipped overseas. On December 24, 1944 he...