Letter from Colonel Clyde U. Finter to Ruth Sengstake, September 23, 1944
Title
Letter from Colonel Clyde U. Finter to Ruth Sengstake, September 23, 1944
Subject
World War II
Description
A letter from Colonel Clyde U. Finter, Chief of Personnel Affairs, to Ruth Sengstake. The letter includes a list of the air crew who had served with her husband, Eugene Sengstake Sr.
Eugene Wagner Sengstake Sr. of Lincoln, Nebraska, served in the 110th Medical Regiment and later as a B-24 pilot. Sengstake served in the U.S. Army Air Forces from 1941-1944, and he attained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. His service was in the South Pacific, including New Guinea. He was killed in action June 9, 1944 between Palau and Wake Island.
Eugene Wagner Sengstake Sr. of Lincoln, Nebraska, served in the 110th Medical Regiment and later as a B-24 pilot. Sengstake served in the U.S. Army Air Forces from 1941-1944, and he attained the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. His service was in the South Pacific, including New Guinea. He was killed in action June 9, 1944 between Palau and Wake Island.
Creator
Clyde U. Finter
Source
Eugene Sengstake Jr., Lincoln History Harvest, 2014
Date
1944-09-23
Rights
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Format
Document
Language
English
Type
Image
Coverage
Lincoln (Neb.)
Original Format
Letter
Files
Collection
Citation
Clyde U. Finter, “Letter from Colonel Clyde U. Finter to Ruth Sengstake, September 23, 1944,” History Harvest, accessed December 22, 2024, https://historyharvest.unl.edu/items/show/495.