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Eyes Behind the Lines
By Gary A. Linderer
The Imperial War Museums' Book of War Behind Enemy Lines
By Julian Thompson, The Imperial War Museum
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 14357" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Smith </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Norris Ray </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>21 Tactical Air Support Squadron (504 T.A.S. Group)</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Lieutenant Colonel </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px">51826</p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>6th September 1967 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>46 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Elmwood Cemetery,Birmingham,Shelby County,Alabama</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Birmingham,Alabama</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 2.9.1921</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>26 years service</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>US Army (National Guard ?) 1938-40</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>USAAF 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>310 Bombardment Wing 1950-52</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Strategic Air Command (Strategic Air Combat Ops Staff) 1965-67</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>14 Air Commando Squadron 1967</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Direct Air Support Center,Nha Trang Air Base (21 TASS) 1967</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>awards D.F.C.,Air medal with 4 oak leaf clusters,Air Force Commendation Medal</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>pilot (Forward Air Controller)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>O-1F (57-2978)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>killed in air crash (non hostile) Pleiku Province,South Vietnam </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 26E Line 17 </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/n-smith.21168/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/21/21168-e635706371f0f8a0d0cec4f868abd0c1.jpg?1591400966" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
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