I mistakenly thought I'd found the right guy in searching the internet when I came across Nicholas Gamarello, who served in WWII as a Staff Sergeant assigned to the 13th Air Force 72nd Bomber Squadron, the 5th Bomber Group in the Pacific Theater.
He flew in a B24 Heavy Bomber as an Assistant Crew Chief and was also a Ball Turret Gunner. Nicholas flew 76 missions including many record setting long distance raids. He was awarded many citations including the Air Medal, Presidential Medal, and the Pacific Air Medal.
But I was wrong, when I found that artist Nick Gamarello, https://www.instagram.com/nicholasgamarello who was a fashion designer for Polo Ralph Lauren and Stetson, was born in 1955, and he is likely the nephew of the above WW2 pilot, as his bio in the New York Times says:
His father flew P-47 Thunderbolt and P-38 Lightning fighters in North Africa. One uncle flew a B-24 Liberator bomber and another was lost flying a P-47 over France.
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