Tony Taccalone: Sgt. U.S. Army Air Cps., World War II
Page by Bob Leathers
Tony Taccalone (UPCCEM, June 1946)
Taccolone, Tony
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Feb. 14, 1920 - July 24, 1994; Sgt. U.S. Army Air Cps.."
Plot: 364
Born: Feb. 14, 1920
Died: July 24, 1994
Age: 74 y's, 5 m's, 10 d's
Note: Tony Taccalone, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Taccalone of Hanna, entered the armed forces in October 1941. Tony went to gunnery school at Kingman, Arizona, earned his gunners' wings in May 1944 and was assigned to a B-17 bomber as tail gunner. Tony went overseas in the month of August 1944, and after completing 33 missions in Europe, he was sent back to the states in May 1945. Tony is the proud possessor of six oak leaf clusters to his air medal and was a member of the famed 94th Bomb Group which was cited by President Roosevelt for the historic bombing of the Muhlembau Aircraft Assembly plant at Brunswick, Germany. Tony received his discharge from the Army Air Forces at Santa Ana, California, in July 1945 and is now employed by the Coal Company at Hanna, Wyoming. (UPCCEM, June 1946)
Cemetery: Hanna
Headstone: "Feb. 14, 1920 - July 24, 1994; Sgt. U.S. Army Air Cps.."
Plot: 364
Born: Feb. 14, 1920
Died: July 24, 1994
Age: 74 y's, 5 m's, 10 d's
Note: Tony Taccalone, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Taccalone of Hanna, entered the armed forces in October 1941. Tony went to gunnery school at Kingman, Arizona, earned his gunners' wings in May 1944 and was assigned to a B-17 bomber as tail gunner. Tony went overseas in the month of August 1944, and after completing 33 missions in Europe, he was sent back to the states in May 1945. Tony is the proud possessor of six oak leaf clusters to his air medal and was a member of the famed 94th Bomb Group which was cited by President Roosevelt for the historic bombing of the Muhlembau Aircraft Assembly plant at Brunswick, Germany. Tony received his discharge from the Army Air Forces at Santa Ana, California, in July 1945 and is now employed by the Coal Company at Hanna, Wyoming. (UPCCEM, June 1946)
(Image by Bob Leathers)