17th Troop Carrier Squadron Pilots and Navigators - World War II

(First row sitting: L to R) Captain Stanley A. Friesen, Lieutenant Matthew L. Toomey, Captain William R. Crooks, Captain John Teague, Lieutenant Merrill E. Smith, Lieutenant Jones, Lieutenant Herbert A. Theirl, Lieutenant Anthony J. "Jake" Gehrlein, Lieutenant Nunn.

(Second row standing: L to R) Lieutenant Sherman R. Strand, Lieutenant Elmer J. Jost, Captain Harold "Hal" Scrugham, Captain Jack E. Linn, Lieutenant Edward A. Bell, Lieutenant Jack V. Wilson, Lieutenant Todd, Lieutenant Jennings M. Lynch, Lieutenant John E. Baker.

(Third row - on elevator) Captain Brandt McIntyre, Lieutenant Cecil B. Brantley, Lieutenant Quenten A. Riepe, Major Robert L. Hetzel. (Photograph courtesy of Mrs. William A. "Genevieve" Hitchcock, 1996)