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Former Rhode Island governor Bruce Sundlun was elected a director of the the Eighth Air Force Historical Society at the society's recent annual meting in Savannah, Georgia.

The Eighth Air Force Historical Society was created in 1975 to preserve the legacy of the "Mighty Eighth'' and the part it played in the Allied victory in World War II.

Sundlun was a B-17 pilot with the 384th Bomb Group of the Eighth Air Force in England during World War II. He was shot down on his 13th mission and evaded capture in Belgium and France for six months before he crossed into Switzerland to safety. Sundlun later worked for the Office of Stragetic Services at the U.S. embassy in Bern.

Sundlun was a lawyer and corporate executive who was elected governor in 1990, reelected in 1992 and defeated in the 1994 Democratic primary. After leaving office, Sundlun taught political science at the University of Rhode Island.

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