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With over 100 combat and crew photos Valor at Polebrook brings you aboard the last flight of Ten Horsepower letting you visualize their plight while giving you a glimpse of the families that were left behind to cope with their loss.

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Mac Hagbo, back at Polebrook following his parachute landing.
Mac has just been told that his crewmates have crashed.

October 30, 1943 - The Crew of Ten Horsepower, in front of a B-17 at Alexandria, Louisiana. Kneeling, L - R: Lt. C. Richard Nelson, Flight Officer Ronald Bartley, Lt. Walter Truemper, Lt. Joe Martin. Standing, L - R: Sgt. Archie Mathies, Sgt. Joe Rex, Sgt. Carl Moore, Sgt. Russell Robinson, Sgt. Thomas Sowell, Sgt. Magnus "Mac" Hagbo.

Like all servicemen overseas, Ronald Bartley could only stay in touch with his wife and family members through a continuous exchange of letters.

Mrs. Mary Mathies accepts the Medal of Honor on behalf of her son Archie. July 23, 1944. (Photo courtesy of David Mathies.)

Mrs. Friedericka Truemper accepts the Medal of Honor on behalf of her son Walter. Walter's father is at left, his sister Ann at right. (Note Walter's Navigator's wings on his mother's blouse.) July 4, 1944.

Joe Rex and Carl Moore pose with
Ronald and Bernice Bartley
and Mauverdene and Russell Robinson
in Alexandria, Louisiana, Fall of 1943.

Clarence Richard Nelson,
pilot and crew leader,
smiles for Archie's camera.

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