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Patton, Grant Entrance into Service
Grant Patton had an amateur radio license. He joined the Naval Reserve Radio Network. He volunteered as a Navy radioman.
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Patton, Grant Flying Patrols in Iceland
Grant Patton would pick up the convoy off of Greenland [Annotator’s Note: he was stationed in Iceland] and they would lead them toward England.
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Patton, Grant Prewar Life
Grant Patton was born in Oklahoma in May 1915. He had three radio shops in Texas. He serviced jukeboxes, record players, and slot machines.
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Patton, Grant Reflections
Grant Patton does not think the war changed him. He was doing the same thing he was at home. The war changed the political mindsets of the world.
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Patton, Grant War's End
Grant Patton remembers they had to use five-gallon cans to gas the airplanes up.
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Paul, John Army Air Force Pilot
[Annotator's Note: John Paul enlisted in the Army Air Forces in 1942 and was called to active duty in February 1943.] His first station was Na
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Paul, John Bombing Missions
John Paul and his aircrew arrived in England in January 1944.
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Paul, John Disney Bombs
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John Paul what it was like to see Berlin, Germany as the target for the first time in a mission briefi
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Paul, John Flying a B-17
John Paul and his crew had flown about five missions when his engineer told him he could not fly anymore.
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Paul, John Midair Collision
John Paul flew 34 missions as a bomber pilot [Annotator's Note: with the 327th Bombardment Squadron, 92nd Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force].
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Paul, John Overseas to England
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks bomber pilot John Paul how he managed his crew.] The military is not a democracy.
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Paul, John Post-mission Briefings
[Annotator's Note: John Paul served in the US Army Air Forces as a pilot flying Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers with the 327th Bomba