On May 2, 2009, Walt Divan and his wife June traveled to Nebraska to meet those who helped him and were at the crash site. A reporter for the Lincoln Journal-Star covered the event and the text can be found here:
Below are pictures taken by Jerry Penry.
Walt Divan (left) shakes the hand of Ed Rut who had briefly met under much different circumstances 65 years earlier. Merle Buzek is at left and Bob Krupicka is behind Rut.
Walt holds pieces of his B-17 that has been kept by Bob Krupicka. Merle Buzek (left) and Emily Dunn's daughter Janice look on.
The group trvaeled to the location where Walt was found lying unconscious on the ground. Left to right: Emily (Dlouhy) Dunn, Walt Divan, Merle Buzek, and Ed Rut.
The group looks at photos of the crash as they try to orientate themselves.
A group photo of those who played a key role in the events of 1944.
Left to right: Ed Rut, Merle Buzek, Walt Divan, and Emily Dunn.
Walt Divan and Jerry Penry with a piece of the B-17 from which Walt escaped from in 1944.
Emily and Walt discuss the events of that day while Rebecca takes notes for her story.
The P-47 crash site was examined where small pieces of the wreckage could still be found.
Walt Divan, Emily Dunn, and Ed Rut pose in front of the last remaining aircraft hangar at the former Bruning AAF.
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