Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Fallen Heros of the Berlin Airlift

Eagles Over Berlin is dedicated to the ordinary men and women who realized the most important American victory of the Cold War known under the name “The Blockade of Berlin.”


IN MEMORIAM OF THOSE WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES

George B. Smith, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
illy E. Phelps, Long Beach, California
Charles L. Putnam. Colorado Springs, Colorado
James A. Vaughan, New Haven County, Connecticut
Joel M. DeVolentine, Miami, Florida
 Johnny T. Orms, Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany
Eugene S. Erickson, Collinsville, Illinois
Robert P. Weaver, Fort Wayne, Indiana
 Herbert F. Heinig, Fort Wayne, Indiana
 Harry R. Crites, Jr., Lafayette, Indiana
 Bernard J. Watkins, Lafayette, Indiana
 Norbert H. Theis, Cunningham, Kansas
 Robert C. von Luehrte, Covington, Kentucky
 Ronald E. Stone, Mount Sterling, Kentucky
 Craig B. Ladd, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Willian R. Howard, Gunnison, Mississippi
 Richard M. Wurgel, Union City, New Jersey
 Karl V. Hagen, New York City, New York
 William T. Lucas, Wilson, North Carolina
 William A. Rathgeber, Portland, Oregon
 Charles H. King, Britton, South Dakota
 Leland V. Williams, Abilene, Texas
 Robert W. Stuber, Arlington, Texas
 Lowell A. Wheaton, Jr., Corpus Christi, Texas
 Edwin C. Diltz, Fayetteville, Texas
 Ralph H. Boyd, Fort Worth, Texas
Willis F. Hargis, Nacogdoches, Texas
 Royce C. Stephens, San Antonio, Texas
 Lloyd C. Wells, San Antonio, Texas
Richard Winter, Seattle, Washington
 Donald J. Leemon, Green Bay, Wisconsin