"When I was 17 or so and I joined the National Guards in Bellingham and was in Company K of the 161st Infantry. I sure learned that if I went in the regular Army and did not want to do all that marching or walking. Other branches moved around in trucks. In September I went to the Bellingham Recruiting office of the US Army and luck was with me. The Sergeant asked, “How would you like the Army Air Corps?” I happily said that I would like that." To read more, click HERE
Staff Sgt. Walter D. Helaas, ASN 6581523
Aerial Gunner/Gunsight & Turret Mechanic - Keiser Crew
10th Air Force / 7th Bombardment Group / 9th Bombardment Squadron
US Army Air Corps, 20-July-40 to 20-July-45
(All Images Courtesy of Susan Hickok)
Sgt. Walter D. Helaas
Sgt. Helaas after a bout with Malaria.
"Exhausted"
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Lt. Richard Young, Charles Rose & Helaas
436th Bomb Squadron, Tezgaon Dacca (now Bangladesh)
Memoirs of Walter Helaas -
Sgt. Helaas'Find-A-Grave.com Memorial
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