His daughter put together some notes for this newspaper article... one hell of a tale of what a guy went through before getting to a plane over to Great Britain, and what he went through as a tail gunner for 35 missions.
Only a 5 minute read or so. But damn, it ought to be a movie. I shit you not.
And did you know that the U.S. Army bought Stevens Hotel in Chicago during World War II, for $6 million to use for military housing, which lasted until 1944?
His story is frankly, probably about the same as a lot of guys that were tossed into the scramble of WW2, bizarre to many who've not been int he military, but the clarity of the notes, showing that first he was this, then that (I'm referring to Army jobs) all the while wanting to be a pilot, but then this and that, and after his time as crew of a B-17 where so many died, but his plane and crew survived, he spent the last of his enlistment as an instructor in radio school at Scott AFB, as a 45 pistol instructor for radio students. How nuts is that!?!?
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/World-War-II-vet-pens-snippets-of-32-missions-as-14574015.php
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