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An Airman's Story: Sergeant Herman Lester Scearce Jr. - WWII - Veteran

Born on May 22,1925 in Danville, Virginia, Sergeant Herman Scearce, growing up in an area hard hit by the depression, lied about his age and enlisted in the U.S. Airforce.

Sergeant Scearce was trained as a radio operator and gunner, and he was assigned to fly with the "Grey Geese" B-24 Liberators in the Pacific Theater.

Flying on the plane "Dog Patch Express" - his team participated in the first bombing runs on the Island of Nauru.

A thorough history of the B-24's can be found in "Finish Forty and Home: The Untold WWII Story of B-24's in the Pacific" written by Sergeant Scearce's son. Philip Scearce.

Sergeant Scearce remained in the U.S. Airforce until his retirement in December of 1962. He embarked on a second career as County Magistrate until 2005. He died on March 26, 2015.

A Marine's Story: Corporal Joseph N. Gifford - WWII - Killed in Action

The Californian, Corporal Joseph N. Gifford was one of the Marine Raiders.

Created during WWII, they are considered to be one of the first "Special Operations" military units developed.

Assigned to the 2nd Raider Battalion, also known as "Carson's Raiders", Corporal Gifford took part in the raid of Makin Island and was captured by the Japanese. He was executed October 16, 1942, and is memorialized in the Courts of the Missing, at the Honolulu Memorial.

*Also see Private Alden Curtis Mattison

A Soldier's Story: Sergeant Dashiell Hammett - WWI, WWII - Veteran

Dashiell Hammett was born on May 27, 1894, he was raised in Baltimore and Philadelphia. He left school at the age of 13, working at odd jobs before joining the Pinkerton National Detective Agency.

Sergeant Hammett worked as a Pinkerton detective from 1915 to 1922, taking 1918 to enlist in the U.S. Army Ambulance Corp. During his enlistment, Sergeant Hammett contracted the Spanish Flu and then Tuberculosis, which would plague him for the rest of his life.

Unable to maintain his career as a detective, Sergeant Hammett began publishing detective novels, including The Maltese Falcon.

In addition to his writing, he was also a left-wing activist, and, during 1930, joined the Communist party.

Despite his political affiliations and tuberculosis, he managed to re-enlist in the U.S. Army in 1942, after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Sergeant Hammett was assigned as editor of the Army newspaper The Adakian. He also co-authored, with Sergeant Robert Colodny, The Battle of the Aleutians, under …

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