12-07-2019, 06:53 PM
The tiny female contingent to the Soviet Union was a propaganda goldmine.
The first photograph shows Govoni in the centre and was taken on 7th June 1944 at Mirgorod Air Base by the 8th USAAF First Combat Camera Unit.
In the second she is also in the centre, standing by an aircraft of the Red Army Air Force.
In there third, in the middle again, she is photographed on her wedding day, 20th May 1945 at Poltava. She married William Roman Kaluta of the Corps Of Engineers who was later a Lieutenant-Colonel in the USAF. I believe that their wedding was the only one between US service personnel within the Soviet Union. It was big enough news to make Stars And Stripes.
The first photograph shows Govoni in the centre and was taken on 7th June 1944 at Mirgorod Air Base by the 8th USAAF First Combat Camera Unit.
In the second she is also in the centre, standing by an aircraft of the Red Army Air Force.
In there third, in the middle again, she is photographed on her wedding day, 20th May 1945 at Poltava. She married William Roman Kaluta of the Corps Of Engineers who was later a Lieutenant-Colonel in the USAF. I believe that their wedding was the only one between US service personnel within the Soviet Union. It was big enough news to make Stars And Stripes.
"Signed with his own rubber stamp"
