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1st Lt Willard Graham attended college and was a clerk before he volunteered for the Air Corps of the U.S. Army in New York City, New York on 19 March 1942.

Capt Waiter L. Carss Jr.:
“On 18 September 1944, I was flying as pilot of a B-24 in number 5 position of A flight. Lt Rhodes was flying in Number 4 position of A Flight, to the left and in front of me. We were between the I.P. and target when the aircraft Lt Rhodes was piloting received a direct hit of flak between # 3 and # 4 engines, tearing a large chunk out of the wing and leaving a huge gaping hole. Immediately afterwards another direct hit of flak exploded in the radio compartment of the aircraft. It swerved sharply to the right and want underneath my aircraft, becoming lost to my sight. I did not see any parachutes emerge from the aircraft and the other members of my crew also reported seeing no parachutes. I did not see it crash.”

Capt Claude A. Rhodes:
“He was taken prisoner of war and died in the hospital in Budapest after his leg had been amputated.”