Lenger, Dewey (Interview outline and video), 2011

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Title

Lenger, Dewey (Interview outline and video), 2011

Creator

Contributor

Smither, James (Interviewer)

Description

Dewey Lenger was part of the United States Army Air Force during World War II. He took a cadets exam that allowed him to bypass the general draft and eventually become a pilot. He was set to Europe and assigned to fly transport planes, which he had not trained in, and learned to tow gliders and drop paratroops as well as regular cargo missions. He flew first from a British base, and later from a French one. He ferried fuel to Patton's army, dropped supplies for American troops during the Battle of the Bulge, and carried Canadian paratroopers during Operation Varsity.

Date

2011-02-01

Rights

Publisher

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Lemmen Library and Archives

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

LengerD

Format

application/pdf
video/mp4

Type

Moving Image
Text

Language

eng

Citation

Lenger, Dewey, “Lenger, Dewey (Interview outline and video), 2011,” Digital Collections, accessed December 22, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29173.
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