A 100-year-old Oostburg resident flew 31 bombing missions over occupied Europe during World War Two.
Don Harder, pictured Sept. 2019. He turned 100 years old this year.
As a radioman and gunner aboard B-24 bombers, Don Harder experienced crashes, freezing temperatures, deadly anti-aircraft flak and German fighter planes. He was stationed in southern Italy and soared over Europe en route to destroy and disrupt oil fields and supply lines in the Nazi empire.