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B-29 Veterans
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Program: Living In Iowa #1301
Broadcast Date: Nov. 8, 2002
At the end of World War II Merle Gerry walked away from the bomber known as the Superfortress and didn't look back. In July of 2002 the only B-29 Superfortress still flying landed in Cedar Rapids, which gave Merle and other World War II veterans from Iowa a chance to see a plane that they hadn't seen in over 50 years.
Living in Iowa was there for the reunion as memories were relived of a land far away and a time long gone.
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