| Interviewee | ABEL, Marlyn S. (b. 1912) |
| Military Service | Army Air Forces WWII Veteran, 498th Air Service Group, 9th Air Force |
| Interview ID # | OH 1269 |
| Date(s) of interview | |
| Description | His experiences in the European Theater during World War II. Preliminary training in New Mexico, Texas, Oregon, and Kansas; troop convoy to England, 1944; preparations for the Normandy Invasion, 1944; entry into Normandy on D + 6; transfer to 9th Air Force; initiation to combat; bombing of Saint Lô, July 25, 1944; supplying U.S. fighters and fighter-bombers; rest and recreation in France; black market activities; Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45; Rhineland Campaign, 1945; Munich and the end of the war; postwar adjustment to civilian life. |
| Interviewer(s) | Ronald E. Marcello |
| Physical Description | 44 pp. |
| Terms of Use | Open |
