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Dr. C.B. Skelton

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The job was identification and retrieval of the remains of American servicemen which were scattered throughout Europe. C.B. Skelton, a future physician, was a young 2nd Lieutenant trying to get this done despite the gaps in information and the shortcomings of the unit's leadership. (This interview made possible with the support of DONALD FAWCETT (Capt.) R) (5:14)

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In post-war Austria, C.B. Skelton was an American officer working for the Graves Registration Service when he was sent inside the Russian zone to search for American graves. He was expecting to go to war with them at any minute, and was shadowed at all times by his Russian handler. Then, on the street, an Austrian civilian slipped him a note. (This interview made possible with the support of DONALD FAWCETT (Capt.) R) (6:54)

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He was in his final Army training when the war ended. C.B. Skelton, was then sent to Europe with the Graves Registration Service, where he found possibly the most disorganized unit in the Army. This was due in no small the part to the bad leadership of a series of commanding officers. (This interview made possible with the support of DONALD FAWCETT (Capt.) R) (7:09)

Dr. Gary Hill

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During intense combat, and fearing for the lives of both their patients and themselves, Dr. Gary Hill's PSH is calmed by their spiritual leader. (2:48)

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Dr. Gary Hill reveals the crude and under-equipped nature of the Portable Surgical Hospitals. (1:59)

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Dr. Gary Hill explains the workings of the short-lived Portable Surgical Hospitals of the Army Medical Corps. (3:31)

Dr. Jonathan Swift

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Forty years after the war, when reminiscing with the waist gunner, Jonathan Swift recounts his first mission in which his squad flew to Berlin and experienced early anti-aircraft fire over Heligoland. (3:09)

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Jonathan Swift describes the different kinds of parachutes men used when bailing out of planes. He describes multiple events that occurred at Biggs Field at El Paso, Texas, in which certain chutes either saved or doomed the men in crashing planes. (3:13)

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One weekend when looking for an open pub in London, Jonathan Swift encountered a man named Ferguson who had been shot down earlier that week. Swift and Ferguson went to a hotel bar together, and Ferguson told him the story of his survival and how he got to London in only a week's time. (4:08)

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Jonathan Swift describes the numerous layers of clothing he and his squad wore when up in the air. The freezing temperatures at that altitude made using the relief tube nearly impossible. Swift's comrade Bill Bason (a navigator in a different squad) was confronted with a frozen escape hatch when his plane was coming down. (3:35)