Superfortress Pilot
Vallentin Tulla was from Santurce, Puerto Rico, one of five upper classmen from the island attending Clemson in 1942. He was a civil engineering major and a member of the Newman Club, the Catholic students’ organization. Tulla left Clemson at the end of his junior year in the spring of 1942. He volunteered for the Army Air Force, perhaps eager to put his engineering skills to use.