Us Official Photographs
Sgt Hinz with German flak
SAVING BOMBER WOUNDED (No. 2) Sgt. Clarence Hinz, Merrill, Wis., wounded tail gunner of a returned bomber, is shown the piece of German flak which entered his lower left thigh during a U.S. Army 8th AF bombing raid. Holding the jagged steel is Capt. Paul F. Miner, Flight Surgeon, Laramie, Wyo., who removed it from Sgt. Hinz. Flak patients always want to see the piece that hit him.