"MASTERS OF THE AIR" In Gettysburg National Cemetery- with LBGs Ralph Siegel and Lewis Trott
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- Did you know that members of the famed 8th Air Force (Masters of the Air) are buried here in Gettysburg National Cemetery? Licensed Battlefield Guides Ralph Seigel and Lewis Trott put together some information about who is here, what they did in WWII and beyond and where you can find their graves on your next visit to Gettysburg.
Producers' Note: as you will learn, this episode almost didn't make it to air in anyway, but I was able to salvage most of the video and all of the audio. So, please forgive any glitches along the way in this vid.
This episode is brought to you by the Gettysburg Museum of History ( www.gettysburgmuseumofhistory.com ) and our brilliant Officers' Club found at www.patreon.com/addressinggettysburg
I've got to say that this is one the best podcasts I've ever heard. It's because these guys are so real, and it's not over-produced.
I wish I could afford someone to produce it lol
Great Episode, my wife's grandfather flew 36 B-17 missions out of Grafton Underwood with the 384th as Tail Gunner.
I loved this episode!!! It was fantastic, and Ralph doesn't look like he sounds. I was thinking he looked like Jerry Orbach! Oh, well 😂😅😅. Thank Matt, Lewis, and Ralph.❤❤
Hahaha Jerry Orbach!
Ok, so this is like the fourth time I have listened to this episode so good! Did you know Walter Matthau was Jimmy Stewart's radio man? I was watching Jimmys AFI ceremony and Matthau did not talk about Jimmy's movie he talked about their service together. I was really moving
Wow! No I’ve never heard that before. That was some crop of Americans
@addressinggettysburg I didn't either, but there was Matthau telling his story. It was interesting. Look it up it on TH-cam
Another great episode! Would love to know their opinions of the movie " Twelve o'clock high " with Gregory Peck.
Thank you!
"Twelve O'Clock High" is one of my favorite war movies of all time. Since it was post-war, it doesn't have any of the "Hollywood heroics" that many films produced during the war had in order to bolster morale at home and I imagine provide a boost to recruiting both of men and selling of war binds etc. And since it's based on a book written by a member of the 8th Air Force, it has a realism as seen through the eyes of someone who was there. There were some liberties taken of course, the person the Gregory Peck character was based off of did not suffer the severity of strain that Peck's character (Frank Savage) does. I phrase it like that because I cannot imagine that he didn't suffer some sort of strain, he just never "cracks up" like the character in the movie does. The real life model for Savage was Col. Frank Armstrong. Glad you enjoyed though, I really had fun doing it with Ralph. I really appreciate that Ralph continues to keep the memory of the men who are non-Gettysburg battle deaths alive as he does. They are heroes, one and all.
Thank you Lewis.
Growing up, my next door neighbor had been a air gunnery instructor in Colorado during ww2. He said that a lot of very young men died to wear one of those movie star leather jackets. He was around 26 and said that his students were mostly 17 and 18 years old. He said that in late 43 they were loosing bomber crews faster than they could train replacements. He was lucky, he was ordered to a bomber crew and the war ended while he was in route overseas. He would get misty eyed talking about the kids he trained and were lost.
They really were the greatest generation. 🫡
I bet he would tear-up when talking about them. You don’t realize how young that is until you’re way beyond it.
Jesus. Those guys are so young. At my age they're barely kids. 😮
That’s what amazes me at 45 years old. Then I realize, when you’re that age, anything sounds like a good idea