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Rackham, Milton Growing up in Idaho
Milton Rackham was born in Riggs, Idaho in April 1925 and grew up in nearby Rigby.
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Rackham, Milton Reflections on the War
[Annotator’s Note: There is someone off camera helping the interviewee with answering questions throughout the segment.] Milton Rackham’s most memo
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Rackham, Milton War's End
[Annotator’s Note: There is someone off camera helping the interviewee with answering questions throughout the segment.] Following the ammunition s
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Rackley, Clifford Segment 1
Clifford Rackley was born near Tifton, Georgia.
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Rackley, Clifford Segment 10
Rackley did not have much of a relationship with his commanding officer [Annotator's Note: Rackley is referring to his group commander].
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Rackley, Clifford Segment 11
The whole world was at war. Rackley had to read about what was happening after the war because it was such a broad one.
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Rackley, Clifford Segment 2
Rackley was sent to Kearney, Nebraska for reassignment where he was given the keys to a brand new B-17 [Annotators Note: American B-17 bomber].
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Rackley, Clifford Segment 3
Each crew had a tent to themselves.
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Rackley, Clifford Segment 4
Ploesti, Romania was a well known target. The group had gone there several times and had some substantial losses there.
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Rackley, Clifford Segment 5
On trip after the winter weather started to move in, they were briefed to a 50 knot head wind. They were in formation.
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Rackley, Clifford Segment 6
Munich was defended with 105 millimeter guns which were different than the 88 millimeter guns they were used to.
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Rackley, Clifford Segment 7
On the mission to Blechhammer one of Rackley's partner's lost an engine. He saw the cowling fly off of the engine.