WWII bombardier dies in veterans home, aged 96

A World War II bombardier who flew 52 missions defending China has died at the age of 96.
Northeast Louisiana War Veterans Home administrator Marquita Mihaliak (muh-HAH-lik) says Maj. Richard Sherman died Wednesday at the nursing home in Monroe.
Sherman was in the 11th Bomb Squadron of the Army’s 14th Air Force, commanded by Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault. The group was nicknamed the Flying Tigers after the famed volunteer fighter group that Chennault created to defend nationalist China before