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Title
Robert
Gayle
oral
history
interview
Subject
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 15th
World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, American.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Europe.
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Austria.
Prisoner of War
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969.
Description
The
National
Museum
of the
Pacific
War
presents
an
oral
interview
with
Robert
H
.
Gayle
.
Gayle
joined
the
Army
in
1943
and had
basic
training
at
Fort
Knox
,
Kentucky
. Not
wishing
to be a
tanker
,
Gayle
applied
for the
Army
Air
Force
and was
accepted
. He
trained
as
gunner
and was
assigned
to a
B-17
crew
. He was
assigned
to the
2nd
Bomb
Group
in the
15th
Air
Force
at
Foggia
,
Italy
in
September
,
1944
. He
describes
some
of his
early
missions
where
the
crew
had to
ditch
in the
Adriatic
and were
rescued
; a
mid-air
collision
in
which
he was
involved
;
being
shot
up
by
antiaircraft
fire
and
having
to
bail
out
over
Austria
.
After
parachuting
into a
snowfield
,
Gayle
was
captured
by
Hungarian
troops
and
made
a
prisoner
of
war
in
February
,
1945
. The
Hungarians
turned
him
over
to the
Germans
in
Vienna
. The
Germans
eventually
moved
him to
Moosberg
. He was
liberated
by
elements
of
Patton's
Third
Army
in
late
April
.
Upon
being
transported
back
to
France
,
General
Eisenhower
visited
the
former
POWs
. He
returned
home
and was
reunited
with
family
.
Creator
Gayle, Robert H.
Publisher
National Museum of the Pacific War
Contributors
Gayle, John
Misenhimer, Richard
Granger, Christa
Date
2004-12-10
Type
Sound
Text
Format
audio/mp3
application/pdf
Identifier
OH01395
Language
English (en)
Rights
CC-BY-SA (
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
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Robert
Gayle
oral
history
interview
transcript
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