S/Sgt. Kenneth A. Green's Diary - 26 May 1945 to 30 May 1945

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

**26 May 1945 to 30 May 1945**
**Non Mission Days**
May 26, 1945 I left England to start on the flight back to the States. We landed at Valley, Wales, and stayed overnight. May 27, 1945 We took off in our B-17’s heading for the Azores, which are 1,000 miles off the coast of Portugal, and stayed overnight there. We had champagne that evening. May 28, 1945 We took off from the Azores, and landed at Gander, Newfoundland, and stayed there two evenings. May 30, 1945 We took off from Newfoundland and landed at Grenier Field, Manchester, NH (my hometown). I saw my family and Vivian within an hour after landing. The first US soil that I set foot on after coming back was that of my own hometown. How about that?

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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