United States Army Air Forces Staff Sergeant Rank Insignia; three olive green embroidered chevrons and one olive green arc on black cotton twill; authorized for wear on uniform coat and tunic sleeve.

Full title:Staff Sergeant Ben Kuroki of the United States Army Eighth Air Forces. Sgt. Kuroki has spent a year and a half in the European war theatre. As a gunner on a Liberator, he participated in thirty one bombing missions over Germany, Nazi occupied Europe and Africa. His squadron helped chase Rommel from Africa, assisted in the landings on Sicily and the Italian mainland. He was a part of the first American bombing of Rome, and was on the all important Ploetsi oil field raid in Romania. He holds the Distinguished Flying Cross with two Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Air Medal with four Oak Lea

These files comprise the "Enlisted" part of the U.S. Army Air Force Military 201 file for Lt.Jack Harding Gardner. He enlisted as a private in 1939 and progressed to the rank of Staff Sergeant before becoming an officer. Lt.Gardner served as an Air Transport Command pilot, flying primarily out of Long Beach and Fairfield California Airbases. Time period: 1941 - 1946. His home was in Gridley, California.