 He had been selected to accompany bomber missions with the 8th U.S. Air Force and would soon be departing for Germany.Post's friends, actress Leonora Corbett and war correspondent Helen Millbank of the "Chicago Daily News", tried to reassure him, but Post insisted he wasn't coming back.At the time, Post had been trying to hitch a ride on a bomber for two years, first with the RAF and later with the U.S. Army Air Force.