Scalabrino, Michael (Interview outline and video), 2006

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Title

Scalabrino, Michael (Interview outline and video), 2006

Contributor

Bliss, David (Interviewer)
Myers, Eddie (Interviewer)

Description

Michael Scalabrino served in the United States Air Force during WWII from 1941 to 1945. He served in the 301st Bomber Group as an aerial engineer on a B-17 Bomber. He was stationed in Lucera, Italy where he was able to communicate with the locals because he knew Italian, and even acted as a translator sometimes for the military. He talks about the responsibilities he had as an aerial engineer, and gives some detail about the equipment in the B-17. He talks about his experience in the German prison camps in eastern Prussia. He also mentions his free time in Italy, censored letters sent home, and his life in Ionia before and after the war.

Date

2006-05-27

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Publisher

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

Relation

Veterans History Project (U.S.)

Identifier

ScalabrinoM

Format

application/pdf
video/mp4

Type

Moving Image
Text

Language

eng

Citation

Scalabrino, Michael, “Scalabrino, Michael (Interview outline and video), 2006,” Digital Collections, accessed December 24, 2024, https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/document/29503.
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