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Lee A. Bevers, 2007

  • Branch of Service: United States Army Air Corps
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Military Service: May 1941 - Jan 1946
     

Listen to the following sections by scrolling forward to the timecode.

:02 - Enlisted into the Army Air Corpe in 1941 at the age of 21
:50 - POW in 1944
4:38 - Feelings toward Nazi Germans
5:52 - Family knew that he was missing but nothing else
7:17 - Flew 26 missions before being shot down
7:30 - July 1945 - came home
8:08 - Life after coming home
8:25 - Talking about the experience isn't difficult for him
9:19 - The plane he was flying was a B17
9:45 - Stories of dropping bombs over targets
12:12 - Walked into prison camp on his 24th birthday

This story was recorded at an SDPB event in Sioux Falls, SD. 


Images Provided by Lee A. Bevers

Lee A. Bevers, 1942


Flight Crew, 1943



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