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During World War II, Huie served in the U.S. Navy as a lieutenant and a war correspondent from 1943 to 1945, including a period as aide to Vice Admiral Ben Moreell of the Seabees. While chronicling the wartime activity of the Seabees, Lieutenant Huie had special permission to continue his own writing projects, both fiction and nonfiction.
Mar 11, 2021 · The retired lieutenant colonel recalls his days spent at England’s Duxford Air Force Base — and in the sky. IN LATE 1942, Huie Lamb withdrew from the ROTC program at Texas A&M University to enlist as a flight cadet: the 18-year-old, born in Carey, Texas, wanted to fly.
Former wartime pilot Huie was based at the famous Battle of Britain airfield, Duxford during WW2 where he flew P-51 Mustangs and P-47 Thunderbolts. Here is a very short but remarkable story which involved Huie Lamb during WW2.
Apr 1, 2015 · Huie Lamb, from Abilene Texas, flew 61 combat missions (167:40 combat hours in a P-47, 107:50 in a P-51) with the 82nd Fighter Squadron. He shot down 2 and half aircraft in the air, and was responsible for the destruction of three aircraft on the ground. His victories included two German jets.
The tour—subtitled “The Story of the Seabees”—is led by William Bradford Huie, Lieutenant (jg) CEC, USNR, but he mostly lets the soldiers speak for themselves. They describe island hopping through the various atolls and archipelagos.
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The Royal Navy in World War 2 was a huge and complex organisation spread all across the world. It is therefore not surprising that the Navy's rank, profession, trade, pay and related badges structures were complex, and even today defy any claim to really understand them in full.
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Jan 10, 2016 · The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Huie H. Lamb, Jr. Lamb joined the Army Air Forces in February of 1943. He graduated from flight school in February of 1944, and served as a pilot with the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force.
