Memoir, ca. 1990.

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Memoir, ca. 1990.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51590828

Discusses his training as a dive bomber pilot at Corpus Christi, Texas. Fowler flew combat missions to Bougainville in the Solomon Islands and Rabaul on New Britain. He describes narrow misses and mission assignments. Also mentions bombing missions to and the post-war occupation of Japan.

1 fd. (19 p.)

Harold B. Lee Library

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