S/Sgt Carl H. Friddle, from Celeste, Texas, pictured with his brother Alfred, a gunner on a destroyer escort. Alfred was on leave while his ship was in port for repair after being rammed by a kamazaki. Carl had been relieved from combat duty after 47 missions as a gunner on Lt. Berander Stutler's crew in the 2nd Bomb Squadron's Liberators. He had joined the Group in May 1944 and was sent home on R&R (rest and recuperation) in late July 1945.