Oral History Interview with Marlyn "Gummy" Abel, August 4, 1998
Description:
Interview with Marlyn Scott "Gummy" Abel, Army Air Forces veteran (498th Air Service Group, 9th Air Force), concerning 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 recreatio…
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Date:
August 4, 1998
Creator:
Marcello, Ronald E. & Abel, Marlyn Scott
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Partner:
UNT Oral History Program