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| Address: Leoti, Kansas.
Entered Service: February 9, 1943. Branch of Service: Army Air Force. Trained at Petersburg, Fl. (Feb., 1943 to Apr., 1943), Missouri Aviation Institute, Kans. City, Mo. (Apr., 1943 to June, 1943), Lincoln Air base, Lincoln, Ne. (June, 1943 to Mar., 1944), Seymour Johnson Field, Goldborg, NC (Mar., 1944 to May , 1944), San Antonio, Tx. (May, 1944 to June, 1944), Yale University, New Haven, Ct. (June, 1944 to Dec., 1944), Dodge City, Ks.(Dec., 1944 to Feb., 1945), Pecos, Tx. (Feb., 1945 to Apr., 1945). Overseas: June 20, 1945. Theatre of Operations: Asiatic-Pacific. Engagements: Eastern Mandates and Air Offensive, Japan. Date Returned to U.S.: June23, 1946. Discharged: August 31, 1946 at Fort Leavenworth, Ks. Rank: First Lieutenant. Total Time Served: Forty-two months. Present Occupation: Engineer, State Highway Commission. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. Rell F. Landau. Wife: Mary Frances (Hamilton) Landau. Sisters: Marjorie and Phyllis Landau. |
 This was taken in our quarters on Guam using PX camera and 35 mm military film we rolled into cartiges, shot and developed with amature kit a fellow had we used rain water in helmet for rinse, Then mailed negatives home which I had printed when I got back. I was age 21 at the time, and for the first time saw a resemblance to my father. Below is a photo taken by Capt Keogh, my boss, which we converted into a Christmas card. I cut the fringe off to fit in a small frame for my mother, which I now have. I just not took it out of the frame, scanned and am including it. M-10 had the most missions of any B-29 in the 314 wing of 20th AF, it had the best radar and we double teamed maintenance to keep it flying. when I arrived to replace a fellow killed in a test hop, I'd never seen a B-29 before and at my suggestion began work as a mechanic, and M-10 was the plane I first worked on. At 11:00 pm of the first day there I was low man on a stack of guys installing ring coweling over engine #2 that I help change. Thanks to having rebuilt junked Model-T's I was able to catch on fast and a month later when my boss moved up he had me take over the squadron Engineering Officer -- by passing more senior fellows. By then I'd busted knuckles with most of the 200 guys in our ground crew. It was a fantastically rewarding experience. They were cream of the crop guys, most of whom had served in other theaters before.  |
