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Pvt Wallace E. Poulton was
listed in the Morning Report as "seriously injured in action as of 7
June 1944", perhaps having suffered a bad landing in the invasion
jump. He was evacuated to a field hospital and then transported to the
91st General Hospital in Oxford, England.
On 20 August 1944, Pvt
Poulton was seated as #9 of 20 patients on a TWA flight from Prestwick,
Scotland to Mitchel Field, NY. at 20 years of age he was one of
the three youngest aboard the aircraft.
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