Ebey Leroy Clark nacque il 22 agosto 1923 in un ranch a est di Groom, Texas, era l’ultimo di quattro fratelli. Frequentò le scuole elementari a Grandview, Texas, e le superiori a Groom. Il 16 febbraio 1943, non ancora ventenne, si arruolò nell’Air Force nonostante la madre avesse cercato fino all’ultimo di farlo desistere. Terminato l’addestramento fu inviato oltre mare e aggregato alla 15a Forza Aerea come mitragliere di coda in forza al 301° Gruppo Bombardieri. 

Il 14 febbraio 1944 partecipò ad una missione di bombardamento su Verona, la sua quindicesima. Purtroppo morì, non per i proiettili nemici ma a causa dell’anossia: il suo sistema per l’ossigeno si era guastato¹; non era ancora passato un anno dal suo arruolamento.

Ebey Leroy Clark was born on August 22, 1923, on a ranch east of Groom, Texas, and was the youngest of four siblings. He attended elementary school in Grandview, Texas, and high school in Groom. On February 16, 1943, not yet twenty, he enlisted in the Air Force despite his mother having tried to the last to make him give up. After training he was sent overseas and joined the 15th Air Force as a tail gunner in force at the 301st Bomber Group.
On February 14, 1944, he participated in a bombing mission on Verona (Italy), his thirteenth of him. Unfortunately, he died, not from enemy bullets but from anoxia, his oxygen regulation system faulty, broken or in any case not working properly; he had not yet passed a year since his enlistment.

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