by Joy Etienne , sole niece of a KIA radio operator This is dedicated to WWII families left in the dark, abandoned in joyous victory, still wondering what happened to their loved ones; to the unsung heroic men of the 8th AA 2nd AD 445th BG 701st BS like cooks, riggers, mechanics, crew chiefs, nose artists, doctors and chaplains; and, to good French citizens who never forget American’s sons. 2/3/19 Update We found Schum.  No Nazi slit his throat.  It’s S/Sgt Walter Boyd Schum, Sunon Square Dance’s 20-year-old left waist gunner.  Altoona’s native son goes back generations from an early settler, a civil war veteran, great grandson of Henry Schum, founder of Altoona’s Evangelical United Brethren/Methodist Church, the same church Walter attended from his home at 120 E 5th Avenue. He’s a proficient marksman trained stateside for other bomber weapons, a gunner on 4 different bombers, and an English crash landing survivor with one other Sunon Square Dance airman. W...