https://mossiso.com/2011/09/02/carl-edwin-shepherd-april-30-1949-august-8-2011/ mossiso = more better Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:42:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://mossiso.com/2011/09/02/carl-edwin-shepherd-april-30-1949-august-8-2011/#comment-13095 Sun, 27 Oct 2013 16:42:56 +0000 http://mossiso.com/?p=1072#comment-13095 Hello,
I came across this lovely memorial to your dad while looking for more information on my husband’s B-17 crew. He was the pilot of the Blue Hen Chick, your grandfather Max was the ball turret gunner. I met your grandparents sometime in the mid eighties when they visited the Washington, D.C. area. The courage and sacrifice of all those incredible men has been captured in a book based on the letters Ralph and his family wrote during the war. Please see our website http://www.ww2pilot.com. Your grandfather will not be forgotten. If you will send me your street address I will be happy to send you a copy of the book, An American Family in World War II. My husband, Reverend Ralph L. Minker Jr. passed away on Aug. 5, 2008 after a long decline with Alzheimer’s disease.
I placed a plaque to honor the crew at the Mighty Eighth Museum in Savannah, GA. Will send you a photograph.
Sandra O’Connell
Mrs. Ralph L. Minker

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