Staff Sergeant, Stephen F. Czajka
Steve's items he left behind and archival records from the Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA) help tell the story he never did.
Wearing a Resume
Army Uniform
A military uniform is covered with patches to signify much about the person wearing it. What story can it tell?
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Personnel records
Filling in the Blanks
Official records about someone's military service can impart a wealth of information.
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Archives are memory
Air Force Historical Research Agency (AFHRA)
Company Morning Report 744th Bomb Squadron
Over 4000 pages of documents of accounts of escapes from captivity of those who parachuted from bombers, photos, mission summaries, and daily “morning reports”. The challenge of compiling these records was that multiple accounts were written simultaneously from different sources.
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Inherited Items
His Journeys Mementos
There is more deep meaning to be found among trinkets. His story can be held.
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