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Fighter ace Louis E. Curdes is interviewed by historian Douglas E. Clanin about his military service with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Curdes describes his wartime experiences as a fighter pilot, including his time with the 82nd Fighter Group in the Mediterranean Theater and with the 3rd Air Commando Group in the Pacific Theater. He also touches on his postwar career with…
Photograph of captured Italian soldiers marching from Vizzini, Italy to a prison-of-war camp, circa 1943. An Allied soldier (far right) guards the group.Typed caption glued to verso: "Italians march to prison camp. Six hundred Italian soldiers found hiding in Vizzini, Sicily, when the British captured the town, march to prison camps under the guard of the solitary Allied soldier shown at the…
First prisoners in Sicily
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Photograph of Royal Navy servicemen guarding Italian prisoners of war on a beachhead in Sicily, Italy, July 10, 1943.Typed caption glued to verso: "First prisoners in Sicily. British naval commandos, one of whom is armed with a sub-machine gun, guard a group of some of the first prisoners captured in Sicily. The Italian soldiers march in order along the water's edge to board waiting Allied ships.…
In this three-part oral history, fighter ace William A. Daniel is interviewed by Eugene A. Valencia about his military service with the United States Army Air Corps. In part two, Daniel continues to discuss his experiences as an Army Air Corps pilot and his time with the 31st Fighter Group during World War II. Topics discussed include his wartime missions in the Mediterranean and European Theaters…