Col Oscar R Schaaf

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Hillcrest Abbey East Cemetery

1600 Wheaton Street
Savannah Georgia 31404
United States
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Col Oscar R Schaaf

Born: 1914
Died: 1967
Age: 53 Years
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People Buried Here
Elizabeth A Schaaf
Buried Here
1927 - 2009
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WWII - Lt Col Schaaf was appointed Commander of 40th Bombardment Group, a B-29 bomber group, on Aug 21, 1946.The group was awarded a Distinguished Unit Citation for an attack on the iron and steel works at Yawata, Japan, on 20 August 1944. After the end of the war the group dropped food to prisoners of war and made a number of show-of-force flights across Japan.

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Elizabeth A Schaaf
Buried Here
1927 - 2009
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