Within the eight pages of Coming Home are documents
from the Quartermaster Corps and a considerable number of
letters, with replies, from Lt Warde's mother, Mrs Lillian Warde.
These cover 1947 through 1950.

In the
Correspondence
section
are letters from 1946.

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In the pages " 991st BombSquadron " are several letters between
Mrs Warde and the various departments of the Quartermaster Corps (QMC).

It took until June 1950 for the QMC to recognize that
her insistance that her son's unit was the 881st Bomb Group was correct.

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1st Lt Henry Hewson Warde, SSgt Carl Thruman Wells, and Sgt John Wright
were with the Major Goldsworthy crew.

Their B-29 was shot down on 3 December 1944.
For more complete details, see the
Crew
and
Mission
sections.

They were transferred from the crash location at Tonosho to Chiba City, Japan.

Their remains were recovered at the Chiba City Cemetery in March 1946.

Several puzzles surround this situation.

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All three were identified on 5 March 1947.

SSgt Wells and Sgt Wright returned home from the
United States Armed Forces (USAF) Yokohama Cemetery #1 in December 1948.

Their remains were transported from Yokohama
to the United States on the USAT Dalton Victory.

Lt Warde's situation is vague.

There are no records of him departing Yokohama nor
why his remains were sent to Hawaii.

In February 1949 his remains were at
the US Army Mausolem #3 at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii.

His journey home from there took place in
March 1949 on the USAT Dalton Victory.

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The below newspaper article contains a few details.

This is followed by a photo of the USAT Dalton Victory
and a page from the book:

Final Disposition of WWII Remains.

In the middle of the page are the words :
Army Mausoleum No. 3.

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