|
George P. Gaffney,
Jr.
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| W
W
I
I |
| Dec
7, 1941 | Japanese
bomb Pearl Harbor |
|
Mar 1942 |
George P. Gaffney Jr.
enlists in USAAF
|
| Aug
13, 1943 | Gaffney
and Ruth Christenson marry |
|
Dec 24, 1943 |
Gaffney arrives in New Guinea. |
| Dec
7, 1941 | Stationed
at Nadzab Airfield |
|
|
Hospitalized
in Australia with Malaria |
|
|
Stationed at Gusap Airfield |
| Mar
11 1944 | Mission
to Wewak |
|
Mar 25, 1944 |
Ruth Gaffney is told her husband is MIA |
|
June 22, 1944 |
Patricia Gaffney is born. |
| |
|
| Sep.
1993 |
Patricia
Gaffney learns of Janice Olson |
|
May 1995 |
Travel to New Guinea: Olson & Gaffney |
| Nov
1997 |
New wreck in Mountains |
June
26, 1998 |
A
P-47 located by Hagen. |
| October
1998 |
Army
recovery team confirms its Gaffney |
|
Jan 1999 |
Military forensic experts identify remains. Gaffneys, await independent confirmation. |
| March
11, 1999 |
Army
Board of Officers confirms the findings. |
|
June 5, 1999 |
Funeral service Madison, WI |
| June
9, 1999 |
Buried Arlington Cemetery |
|
George Philip Gaffney Jr.
Grave at Arlington Cemetary
Photo by Ron Williams
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