Members of B-17 'Flying Fortress' mates reunited again, 63 years after WWII ends By MICHAEL MELLO and CLAIRE ZHOU First of two parts FULLERTON They looked like any other senior citizens tour group in Orange County for a brief weekend. It's hard to believe the gentlemen with Khaki pants and broad smiles used to spend their days raining hellfire over much of Europe. They're now octogenarians or older, with faded hair or eyesight – and vivid memories. To them, the early 1940s are like early last week. The day was July 8, 1943, the place, Long Branch, New Jersey, 20 miles south of New York. Anyone in town that day would've noticed the throng in the city. Long Branch was technical Sgt. Steve Perri's hometown, and 3,000 people came out to greet him, some taking to the rooftops of nearby buildings to listen and catch a glimpse as he...
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