# @jonendow on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BFC6trYL9dr
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12582254-jonendow-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/01796d9a4b.jpg
- **Posted:** 2016-05-06T00:24:45.000+00:00

## Caption

Earlier this week we lost a true hero. Mort Schecter was a tail gunner for the "Belle of the East", a B-24 Liberator Bomber, during World War II. He and the crew survived 35 missions of heavy combat over France and Germany. Mort was always a positive presence at the Hollywood American Legion and volunteered at the VA hospital into his early 90s. Maybe what I will miss most... our conversations about baseball.
#Veteran #WWII #TailGunner #GreatestGeneration #AmericanLegion #AmericanLegionPost43 #HollywoodPost43 #Portrait #Photography hollywoodpost43

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tailgunner, hollywoodpost43, greatestgeneration, americanlegionpost43, wwii, photography, portrait, americanlegion, veteran

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