Jackson County IA Archives Military Records.....Rasmussen, Raymond April 7, 1944
WWII Fifteenth Air Force
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Lt. Rasmussen In Italy
Jackson Sentinel, Maquoketa, Iowa, May 12, 1944 

2nd Lt. R. H. Rasmussen, 29 year old, B-17 navigator, of 513 South Fourth 
Street, Maquoketa, was recently assigned to an AAF Flying Fortress unit of the 
Fifteenth Air Force, in Italy and is believed to have taken part in recent 
bombing attacks in Bucharest. 

Lt. Rasmussen joined the Army on March 22, 1942 and received his cadet 
appointment on May 23, 1942. He received his navigator wings on March 6, 1943 
at Victorville, California. He flew his first combat mission over Cassino, 
Italy on March 15, 1944. 

Lt. Rasmussen graduated from Maquoketa High School in 1932. He attended the 
University of Iowa from 1934-1936. His wife, Mary Jane Rasmussen, resides in 
Maquoketa. 




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