A World War II veteran celebrated Veteran's Day by taking a flight to yesteryear -- in an aircraft that first saw combat at the time of his service. Suwanee, Georgia, resident Herman Tannenbaum, 97, who served in the Air Force in the Philippines during WWII, and some of his buddies got a chance
A World War II veteran celebrated Veteran's Day by taking a flight to yesteryear -- in an aircraft that first saw combat at the time of his service.
While waiting for the flight to takeoff from Briscoe Field in Lawrenceville, Tannenbaum said he was"looking forward" to the flight but admitted the idea of not participating in operations of the historic plane was making him a little uneasy. Tannenbaum was a navigator on the North American B-25 Mitchell, and Sunday marked his first time in the B-17.
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