{"id":12676,"date":"2023-08-07T07:17:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/449th.com\/?p=12676"},"modified":"2023-08-07T07:27:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:27:07","slug":"s-sgt-john-danylak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/449th.com\/s-sgt-john-danylak\/","title":{"rendered":"S\/Sgt John Danylak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>My <a href=\"https:\/\/449th.com\/bills-crew\/\">Grandfather<\/a> was a War hero to me! He was in the 15th Army Air Forces 449th Flying Horseman 718th bombardment Squadron! He flew the 5th mission on &#8220;Hoppy&#8221;. He was left waist gunner of the B-24-H aircraft #34. Bailout 15,000 ft. He was MIA near Split, Yugoslavia. He eventually was taken as prisoner. He survived some how and not sure when he made it back! He has a Purple heart that was issued to him while in a VA hospital by President Regan. He unfortunately passed on August 5th 1981. I was only 11 years old. His funeral I will never forget the Jet Air fighters that flew over in memory for him! He definitely went threw a lot we may not understand. I honor him for fighting for our country! I&#8217;m a true Patriot because of him!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Jennifer Spinelli<br \/>\nRochester, NY<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/449th.com\/s-sgt-john-danylak\/danylakjohn\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12679\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12679\" src=\"https:\/\/449th.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DanylakJohn-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My Grandfather was a War hero to me! He was in the 15th Army Air Forces 449th Flying Horseman 718th bombardment Squadron! He flew the 5th mission on &#8220;Hoppy&#8221;. He was left waist gunner of the B-24-H aircraft #34. Bailout 15,000 ft. He was MIA near Split, Yugoslavia. He eventually was taken as prisoner. 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