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Harold G. Alford supplied documents, letters, and pictures about his friend, Lt. Girvis Haltom, Jr. who was lost over Yap on 24 October 1944:
Girvis W. Haltom, Jr. was the son of Girvis W. & Lossie Mattison Haltom of Stephens, Arkansas. He was a graduate of Stephens High School, Class of 1941, and attended Magnolia A & M College prior to entering the Navy Flight Program in the summer of 1942. Upon graduation and receiving his Commission and wings in 1943, Snooks was assigned to the Marine Fighter Training wing at El Centro, Calif. After instructing in aerial gunnery for several months, he was given an overseas combat assignment and ended up on the South Pacific island of Peleliu during its invasion. After flying close ground support for the invading Marines, he was assigned to a bombing mission to the nearby bypassed island of Yap. After the bombing mission, Snooks dropped down to strafe gun emplacements and was shot down by ground fire. This island was eventually bypassed and it was after war's end that his remains could be returned and interred at Stephens.
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The Corsair crash site we located on Yap Island last year (October 2005) is likely the crash site of Girvis Haltom plane: http://www.missingaircrew.com/yap/album/corsair/index.aspPosts: 683 | From: Cameron, Wisconsin | Registered: Dec 2004
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