WWII related: North African American Cemetery

[Chad Fuck 17839]

I'm going to be going to Tunisia (among other places) over the holidays and plan on spending a little time at the North African American Cemetery in Tunis.  If any of y'all have relatives interred there, I'd be happy to do a grave stone rubbing for fellow Surls if time allows.  You can check it out here:

https://www.abmc.gov/North-Africa

[Chad Fuck 17839]

A few pics. A peaceful, beautiful and solemn place tucked right up next to the ruins of ancient Carthage.

[Chad Fuck 17839]

We got there first thing in the morning so the light was great. They have gigantic mosaics that describe the campaign.

[Chad Fuck 17839]

I’m glad we made the stop. I was a little surprised we weren’t the only ones there. There was a small tour group, presumably Americans. We were the only ones to sign the guestbook since 5 Dec 23.

[Macanudo 13080]

Thanks for sharing.   Interesting thing on the marker you took a picture of for Clarence Fuller.   His date of death is January 1944.   I assume he was an airman flying out of Tunisia.   Kind of late to be a death attributed to North African fighting.  

[Chad Fuck 17839]

Thanks for sharing.   Interesting thing on the marker you took a picture of for Clarence Fuller.   His date of death is January 1944.   I assume he was an airman flying out of Tunisia.   Kind of late to be a death attributed to North African fighting.  

Yes.

Flight Officer 417th Fighter Squadron

I mainly posted because he was the first Texan I came across.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/417th_Test_and_Evaluation_Squadron?wprov=sfti1

[TwiceHorn 31676]

Today, I learned that Flight Officer was a grade in the USAAC.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flight_officer  

Mostly glider pilots.

Fubar.

Edited January 7 by TwiceHorn