Central Illinois World War II Stories - Oral History Interview: O.B. Streeper of Chenoa
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- Опубликовано: 24 июл 2024
- O.B. Streeper served with the Army Air Corps from March 1943 to September 1945. He was shot down May 27, 1944, over southern France. He parachuted to safety, and joined the French resistance. During one of the missions that he participated in, a bag was accidentally left behind contained his name and some of his identification. After finding this bag, the Nazis were apparently convinced that Streeper was one of the key figures in the French resistance so they offered a large reward for him-large enough that it represented several years of salary to an average French citizen-so Streeper had to distance himself from some of his colleagues in the resistance for fear that someone might turn him in for the reward money.
Mr. Streeper's got a real command voice, and quite the sense of humor! Thank you for your service!
I grew up in Chenoa and used to go to Ob's house and listen to his stories about the war He was a larger then life true American Hero. I loved that man. I got misty eyed when I heard his voice on this video never thought I'd hear it again.
Old glory, every stitch is us, one stitch at a time... it is all of us, US. God bless America!!! Thank you for making the obvious point that needs to be made every day.
Love these war stories. Respect to Mr. Streeper, he's pretty funny.
I love this guy!!
Had the honor to have been trained in vehicle extrication by this man during my Firefighter and EMS career. Was fortunate I was able to take several of his training classes.
Awesome interview- great storyteller and the ending few minutes were the best!!!
God blessed us all by the presence of such men in our lifetimes. Even if u were born in the 80s and later you reaped the benefits of freedom and choice that men like this fought for and to preserve, but also lucky if you were ever lucky enough to actually meet them. I'm so happy the very many times my dad would interrupt a conversation and drag me to meet someone, he only did that if they were veterans and usually WW2 vets, although I have to admit the most interesting conversation I ever enjoyed was with a Desert Storm Iraq veteran, he was very involved in large tank battles in First Iraq war. He took hours out of his time and informed me greatly. Right now at my church is a WW2 era and after marine who was a contemporary of Chesty Puller, he even knew him. I feel so lucky to talk to that guy, he never misses a service. I'm a young man and don't go if I have a slight head cold. Not this guy in his 90s, he's always there, a real fine example of a man. I should try to be more like him.
I was lucky enough to grow up with these heroes. I wish there were more of them now. Too bad we have devolved. The school systems are terrible.
I REALLY ENJOYED listening to MR Streeper, seems to be a real stand up guy full of moxy!
thank you so much Mr streeper
Thank you.
My dad talked about flying over Vesuvius when it was erupting, had to change windshield in P-51, he was in the 317th FS. He talked about shuttle missions to Russia.
YoAndrew what? That's crazy.
Now, this is what you call a real man. Describing repeated life and death situations with a comedic edge. Knowing full well he was most likely to be killed. Unbelievable.
What a hero!
my left ear loved this video
"Kill civilians because they're collaberators?" WTF?
What is the Title of his Book.
Made in America
Half the men to died in Iraq got drunk and fell out a window. Did I hear that correctly?
God blessed us all by the presence of such men in our lifetimes. Even if u were born in the 80s and later you reaped the benefits of freedom and choice that men like this fought for and to preserve, but also lucky if you were ever lucky enough to actually meet them. I'm so happy the very many times my dad would interrupt a conversation and drag me to meet someone, he only did that if they were veterans and usually WW2 vets, although I have to admit the most interesting conversation I ever enjoyed was with a Desert Storm Iraq veteran, he was very involved in large tank battles in First Iraq war. He took hours out of his time and informed me greatly. Right now at my church is a WW2 era and after marine who was a contemporary of Chesty Puller, he even knew him. I feel so lucky to talk to that guy, he never misses a service. I'm a young man and don't go if I have a slight head cold. Not this guy in his 90s, he's always there, a real fine example of a man. I should try to be more like him.