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Lt Herron and his lovely bride Jo Townsend with Don's brother Keith Herron during WWII. From Ohio and a Hump Pilot, Don passed away in 1998 at 80 years old; Keith died in 1977. Jo is alive today at 94!
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All geared-up - Don P. Herron during his first year in the US Army Air Corps
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We KNOW this was the end after 67 Hump missions. All survived, but Lt. Herron was knocked unconscious, jumped out of the window some 20 feet above the ground, broke his back and spent weeks in a full body cast in India - Summer 1944
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Lt. Herron Piloting a C-46 Over The Hump 1944
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1st Lt. Don Pershing Herron (ca 1944)
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