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Thursday, April 24, 2014

PROFILE: SSGT Raymond E Dodge


Known to his fellow crewmembers as “Young Dodge” or “Trigger”, Raymond Earl Dodge entered the service 12 days after his 18th birthday in 1942.  He was right waist gunner on Miss Deal.

photo courtesy of the Dodge Family



Enemy fire almost completely severed Dodge's hands during the return flight from Hamburg.   He was awarded the Purple Heart, and is buried with his family at Moe Lutheran Church Cemetery, in Clear Lake, Wisconsin.

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