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A Letter to an Armenian Hero
Dear Harry,
In the early twenties, in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, a little Armenian boy was playing with his brother and sisters in the snow. That little boy was you, Harry.
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The last American bomber shot down over Germany before war’s end was the Black Cat. April 21, 1945. Regensburg. 8th Air Force.
Gunner Al Seyradarian was on the flight crew at the time of the shoot-down, as was bombardier Christianos Mugianis, whose name was Americanized to Christ Manners. Both survived. https://www.greeks-in-foreign-cockpits.com/pilots-crews/bombardiers-and-navigators/christos-mougianis/
Another Armenian-American member of the B24J flight crew was not on the flight that day.
Army Air Force had staggering losses. We live in freedom.
Freedom is just an irony, to console ourselves & wait for another pain or disaster. Another word is resilience: just to try to move on.
Beautiful letter for a real hero. Rest in peace harry.
The Greatest Generation. RIP Harry. Gone but not forgotten. Wonderful article. Thanks John.
A very moving and heartfelt human interest article.
I am going to make photocopies of it and distribute them at a local Veterans Day program.
Robert
Wonderful commentary. Thank you John for writing it. There were so many American Armenian young men who served and some gave the ultimate sacrifice. My father and all my uncles served our country during the war. They are the unsung heroes of WW2. Harry paid the ultimate sacrifce and all American Armenians of our generation should honor Harry for the price he paid.So many young Armenian men from Detroit like Harry and my father served.All Armenians can be proud of all of them.
R.I.P Harry and I am proud to American🇺🇸 Armenian 🇦🇲