Crisp-Dooly County GaArchives Military Records.....MASON, T-SGT FENN THOMAS February 6,
WWII U.S. ARMY  AIR CORPS
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FAILS TO FIND HOSPITALITY IN AUSTRIA
 15TH AAF IN ITALY
 TECHNICAL SARGEANT FENN THOMAS MASON HAS GONE FROM VIENNA, GA. TO VIENNA, AUSTRIA,
SINCE HE FIRST ENLISTED IN THE ARMY ON OCTOBER 30 ,1942. SON OF MR AND MRS J.B.
MASON, OF VIENNA,GA., WAS RECENTLY CHALKED UP HIS 50TH COMBAT MISSION OVER GERMAN
OCCUPIED EUROPE HALF A HUNDRED COMBAT MISSIONS WHICH SAW HIM FLYING AS WAIST GUNNER
ON A 15TH AAF B-24 LIBERAOR OVER SOUTHERN GERMANY, THE BALKANS,NORTHERN ITALY,
SOUTHERN FRANCE.
 NO HOSPITALITY
 ''ONE OF MY MISSIONS WAS OVER VIENNA, AUSTRIA,'' THE GEORGIA MAN SAID.BUT IT DID
NOT  LOK MUCH LIKE MY HOMETOWN OF VIENNA; AND THE AUSTRIANS SURE DIDN'T GREET US
WITH SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY AND I'M SURE GLAD IT WASN'T MY VIENNA, THE WAYWE'RE
BOMBING THAT PLACE.
 HISSTRING OF 50 MISSIONS STARTED LAST MARCH OVER GERMAN INSTALLMENTS AT MESTRE,
ITALY, CARRIED THROUGH TO A JULY5 MISSION OVER TOULON,FRANCE.
 UPS AND DOWNS
 '' ALL OF THE MISSIONS HAVE THEIR UPS AND DOWNS'', SGT MASON SAID. ''BUT THE REAL
HIGHLIGHT OF ANY MISSION IS THAT DOWN AT HOME BASE THERE IS PLENTY TO BE REMBERED
BETWEEN THE UPS AND DOWNS.''
 BEFORE COMING OVERSEAS SIX MONTHS AGO ,THE VIENNA MAN HAD TECHNICAL TRAINING AT THE
AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT MECHANICS SCHOOL AT GREENSBORO,N.C.; STUDIED AT THE
CONSOLIDATED-VULTEE AIRCRAFT CO. FACTORY AT NASHVILLE, TENN. AND RECEIVED HIS
GUNNER'S WINGS AT FT MYERS ,FLA.
 VIENNA HIGH GRAD
 HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE POWER OIL CO. AS A SERVICE STATION OPERATOR IN VIENNA,
BEFORE ENTERING THE SERVICE. SGT MASON WAS GRADUATED FROM THE VIENNA HIGH SCHOOL AND
THE BREWSTER VOCATIONAL SCHOOL AT TAMPA,FLA., WHERE HIS FAMILY FORMERLY LIVED.
 HE HOLDS THE AIR MEDAL AND FIVE OAK CLUSTERS FOR HIS COMBAT FLYIG

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