B-24 Crash-site Uxbridge Massachusetts 5-18-23
Yesterday I made my way down to Uxbridge for my annual Pilgrimage to a stone memorial on a hillside there.
My Air Force service cap alongside my father's Army Air Corp cap. The cylinder was picked up by a high school kid on the day of the crash and kept for many years until it was presented to me some years ago. The wings & bars are from my father's dress uniform, of particular note is the small "Caterpillar Club" pin which was awarded to men whose lives were saved by a silk parachute. What appear to be rocks are actually melted pieces of the planes infrastructure.
Metal embedded in concrete at the crash-site gives an idea of the impact...
This spot is sacred to the memory of 2nd LT Arnold Moholt 2nd LT John T. Goodwin S SGT Thomas L. Cater SGT Merle Massar SGT Anthony J. Pitzulo They died when their US Army Airplane crashed here May 18, 1944 They gave their lives for Country & Humanity
