Indiana County PA Archives Military Records.....Forsha, Joseph E. November 20, 1944
WWII 491st Heavy Bombardment Group, 2nd Bombardment Division
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Capt. Joe Forsha Receives Award
Capt. Joseph E. Forsha, of Blairsville. Pa., has just recently been awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross. The citation in part reads as follows: "For
extraordinary achievement while serving as first pilot on a B-24 airplane on
many bombardment missions over enemy occupied continental Europe. The courage.
coolness. and exceptional skill displayed by Lt. Forsha on all these occasions
reflects the highest credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the United
States."
Capt. Forsha has flown thirty-one missions over the continent, participating in
attacks on Bremen, Kiel, Stuttgart, Mannheim, Munich, Hamburg, Wismar, Hamm,
Saarbruken, Oschersleben, Ludwigshaven, Hannover, and military installations in
support of the Allied ground forces now fighting in Germany.
He is a member of Col. A. W. Reed's 491st heavy Bombardment Group of the 2nd
Bombardment Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner.
Capt. Forsha has been in the Army three years. He received his wings and
commission at Lubbock, Texas, and completed his combat training at Ft. Worth,
Texas: Tuscon, Arizona: Blythe, California. and Pueblo, Colorado. His wife, Mrs.
Betty McCrea Forsha and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Forsha,  live at 162
West Chestnut Street, Blairsville. Pa.

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Source: The Indiana Gazette Mon Nov 20 1944 Page 2 

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