Wired66 > USNS Harkness photo
Wired66 > Fernley Smith, former B-24 bomber command pilot and the second youngest heavy bomber pilot in WWII, explains to 1400 KLIN radio host Jack Mitchell in Lincoln, Nebraska, what it was like to fly and be in command of a 9-man bomber crew at the age of 17.  Fernley was enlisted into the Army Air Corps at age 16 after truthfully telling the recruiter (who had not pressed Fernley for additional proof of his age) that he held a high school diploma.  By the time the war ended about two weeks before Fernley's 18th birthday, he had flown 18 combat missions with the 93rd Bombardment Group.  Former B-24 navigator Edward "Red" Weir, also a 93rd Group vet, listens to Fernley's story.
Wired66 > USNS Harkness photo
Wired66 > USNS Harkness photo
Wired66 > USNS Harkness photo
Wired66 > Mike McCormick of Wisconsin. This guy had a hollow leg. I never met anyone in the Corps who could put away so many beers and still walk in a straight line. Mike re-upped for guaranteed duty in Japan when we were at MCAS Beaufort together in 1966.
Wired66 > USNS Harkness photo
Wired66 > USNS Harkness photo
Wired66 > USNS Harkness photo
USNS Harkness photo
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