AMERICAN AIR ACE ON LEAVE IN U.S. Captain Don S.

AMERICAN AIR ACE ON LEAVE IN U.S. Captain Don S. Gentile (atop the automobile) chats with youngsters during a parade given in his hometown in the Midwestern U.S. State of Ohio for the American air ace who is back in the U.S. on a 30-day leave. Flying his Mustang fighter plane in the European theater, Capt. Gentile shot down 23 German planes in the air and destroyed seven on the ground. The proudly smiling face at right is that of Capt. Gentile's mother.