S/Sgt. Kenneth A. Green's Diary - 26 July 1944 to 2 September 1944

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S/Sgt. Kenneth A. Green's Diary
Gunner, 603rd Squadron

**26 July 1944 to 2 September 1944**
**Non Mission Days**
July 26, 1944 Embarked POE [Port of Entry], New York on a “Banana Boat” headed for the ETO [Eastern Theater Operations] by convoy. August 8, 1944 Docked at Liverpool, England. August 9, 1944 Arrived at Stone, England by train. August 14, 1944 Left Stone, England to go to “The Wash” for two weeks for a refresher gunnery course. August 26. 1944 Left “The Wash”, and went to the 398th Bomb Group at Nuthampstead, England, which was in the First Combat Wing of the First Division of the 8th Army Air Corps. September 2, 1944 Our crew became operational as a combat crew, and was cleared for Flying missions.

Notes:

For the first part of his tour S/Sgt. Kenneth A. Green was a Gunner on Kenneth S. Hastings' 603rd Squadron crew.
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