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Fred Lott

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There were a couple of times in Germany when Fred Lott thought that he would surely get an award or something. The first time was when he found a picture of what looked like some SS VIP's. The second was when his unit outflanked a German unit and captured many prisoners. Neither one worked out for him. (4:34)

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Fred Lott's unit was at the Remagen bridge, but they crossed on the newly built pontoon bridge. The German forces were fleeing as fast as they could and the Americans were right on their heels. There was a lot of surrendering, including a surprise group of Polish WAC's. (4:13)

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The end was near. American GI's had moved through Leipzig and were pushing deeper into Germany. There was a meeting with Russian forces, which drew a lot of American brass hoping for a photo op. Fred Lott's unit was being held in reserve and they had a softball game going when word came of the German surrender. (4:32)

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Fred Lott didn't have enough points to return home after the German surrender, so he extended and transferred to a finance outfit in a German resort town. It turned out to be a great last assignment. (5:13)

Fred Miller

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He had enough ROTC to know that he didn't want to be in the infantry. Fred Miller was a good student and the Army Air Corps decided he would make a good navigator. After his training, he joined a B-17 crew and arrived in England in the spring of 1945. (4:17)

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It was April in 1945 when B-17 navigator Fred Miller arrived in England. The Nazis were on the ropes and the handful of missions he flew helped ensure it was over. (7:14)

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After the war, Fred Miller didn't have nearly enough points to return home, so he was put in a unit that ferried people around the continent. There were no airlines at that point, so it was a badly needed service. He found some time to travel to England and even attended the University of Aberdeen for a while. (3:46)

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In post war England, Fred Mills was a security officer trying to regulate air traffic between there and the continent. There was a big problem with black market money exchange and he came up with a good idea to fight it, but it made him unpopular with the pilots. (6:20)

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B-17 navigator Fred Miller explains the variables he had to deal with while keeping the plane on course. It all happened so fast when you were on a mission that you had to be really sharp to do the job. He also had to toggle the bombs on certain missions without a bombardier. (3:33)

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Once the war in the Pacific was over and there was no threat of being shipped there, Fred Miller could enjoy England like a tourist. The English girls treated the Yanks like movie stars and this was great, until their boyfriends came home. (5:15)