Abe Abadi flew 50 missions as a bombardier in WWII.
In this photo he is receiving the Purple Heart which was awarded both for wounds received in action against the enemy and for meritorious performance of duty during his time overseas.
L-R 1st LT. Abe Abadi, Major General Twenning, and Colonel Glanzberg
15th Airforce, Italy
“I got hit with a piece of flack that came through the plane. It was on the mission over Munich. And I felt like someone hit me with a bat on my shins. And I fell forward. I thought that my whole leg was shot off, that’s how numb it was. And I remember asking the Navigator who was close by to check to see if my leg was still there. When I came home the first thing my mother did was feel me all over, because I told her I got hit in the leg. And she really didn’t know what to expect.
And then when she saw that it was okay, she stopped crying.”
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