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Wartime photo of Rex Burnett Crawford. Crawford, now 89, flew 36 missions over Europe as a crewman aboard the B-17 bomber – the last of which was on D-Day, as part of the Allied invasion of Normandy. He still lives on his farm near Rodman, in Palo Alto county. (Christopher Gannon/The Register) -- des.m1111vets - shot by Christopher Gannon/The Register on 10/24/12 in Rodman, IA