Gerald J. Corcoran

Ground Crew on Luke the SpookTinian Island

Wendover, UT

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Gerald J. Corcoran served as a corporal in the 393rd Bombardment Squadron. He was a member of the ground crew regularly assigned first to Luke the Spook and later to Big Stink.

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