John Carroll, actor, with connection to French Units/Corsica

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There is a thread on the Army Air Forces forum about a Hollywood actor, John Carroll, who served in the Army Air Force in WWII. We are trying to trace his air force service and it "seems" to have some connection to French units and Corsica. Wonder if anyone here can help. There is a lot of conflicting info on the web. He was apparently not a pilot (photos show him wearing gunner's wings, see the link below) and a French award. He was an aid to General Morris (XII Fighter Command) in Algiers probably starting in January, 1944. He had previous been an aid to Gen Morris in the 4th Fighter Command (West Coast of the US). The crash landing where he badly injured his back seems to have occurred in Italy probably in the summer of 1944. He returned to the US in July, 1944 and spent some more time in hospitals. He resumed his acting career late in 1944.


http://forum.armyairforces.com/threa...173/#post-9032