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Mesa man to reunite with family who saved his father in WWII

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Hank Woodrum

Hank Woodrum holds a book his father wrote in which he just recently had published. Woodrum's father was a bomber who was shot down in World War II.

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Hank Woodrum

Hank Woodrum looks through a book his father wrote in which he just recently had published. Woodrum's father was a bomber who was shot down in World War II.

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Henry Woodrum

Hank Woodrum looks over old photographs that are shown a book his father wrote in which he just recently had published. Woodrum's father was a bomber who was shot down in World War II.

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Nanterre, France

Lt. Colonel Henry Woodrum, who died in 1990 from cancer, was shot down during World War II.

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Henry Woodrum

Lt. Colonel Henry Woodrum, who died in 1990 from cancer, was shot down during World War II.

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Henry Woodrum

Here is a picture of Henry Woodrum’s B-26 Martin Marauder bomber, Shop Worn Angel. However, this was not the plane Woodrum was shot down in.

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France

Lt. Colonel Henry Woodrum, who died in 1990 from cancer, was shot down during World War II.

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Henry Woodrum

Here is a picture of Henry Woodrum (far right) with Louie, Pierre and Marcel Berty, who were among the families who helped hide Woodrum after his B-26 bomber crew was shot down over France during World War II. They are pictured here in 1966 when the Bertys visited the Woodrums in Redding, Calif.