The Man Who Navigated The Yankee Belle
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Asay "Ace"Johnson is a perfect representative of the Greatest Generation. Brought up in a company town in Nevada, Ace experienced an outdoor childhood filled with fishing, hunting, baseball, scouting and swimming. He came to adulthood with a love of country and a desire to serve. Ace was a navigator on a B-17 and flew with the 91st Bomb Group. He was shot down on his 16th mission and, after crash landing in Germany, describes life in the German Stalags.
“A very proud time in American history”. Very well put.
I love your description of this amazingly articulate gentleman - what a great recording. Thank you so much for getting his account down!
Glad you enjoyed it! And thanks for watching. Raymond
Thank you Raymond and "ACE" , I'm sure the other viewers of these interviews of which I have had the please of watching many , realize how important they are for posterity.I only wish the current generation of young adults can view them and appreciate the incredible sacrifices that generation, "The Greatest Generation" gave at that time in world history.
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Absolutely riveting. Thank you for preserving this man's story.
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What an amazing, humble man. He was so grateful for his experience! Thank you again for a wonderful interview.
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Well done Raymond, great preserving this for future generations, i love it!.😉
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Another wonderful story. Ace defines what it means to live your life in gratitude.
So true! When I would periodically see Ace after we taped him, I'd tell him "Ace, you are the consummate American" - He'd look at me, and think about it and tell me "you know, I think that's a pretty good compliment", which I would confirm. He was just the best that the Greatest Generation could offer. Thanks for watching.
Never Fogotten Honor Flight from Wausau Wisconsin provided me the honor of traveling to DC with a planeful of WWII vets. Unforgettable and highly emotional. God holds these warriors in peace, and I treasure that experience. Many thanks for this beautiful interview. God Bless you all
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Right away, you can tell how educated this man is, this interview is mesmerizing...
I agree Rick, Ace was very articulate and insightful. Thanks for watching.
Raymond you have provided a great service. I wish the young people would watch these interviews.
Thank you and thanks for watching.
The Greatest Generation is an understatement.
My father said the same thing about seasickness. They left France in November of 1945 on the USS Portland coming home. They went through a big storm in the Atlantic and had to point the ship into the waves and drop anchor. Dad said everything that he touched had vomit on it. There was not a dry bed frame. He was not seasick but most were. One close friend that my dad had known before the war was on the same ship and he was so sick that he had to be taken off of the ship on a stretcher in New York harbor. He told my dad in later years that he had never even been in a row boat since.
Yeah, very well done. I know I'll remember these heroes for as long as I live. Thanks again.
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I could listen to these gentlemen all day.
This guy is the most articulate and un aged WW2 veteran, he sounds and looks like he is about 50 / 60
Fantastic interview. Thank you!
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thank you for posting this .........one thing ive picked up on is the fact these guys are all proud of what they have done from the bottem of my soul thank you
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This guy is marvelous.
These interviews are awesome! Thanks to those who served and made our freedom possible. Thanks for recording these wonderful interviews.
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Damn. Great interview. Here it is 2021 , people just dont respect anything , anyone or their country. Thank you Ace , look up my grandad while your moving around heaven his name was Jack Bennett. He will tell you what it was like in the pacific theater. Both of you rest in peace. Thanks Raymond you have preserved something special.
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> "Ace"Johnson is a perfect representative of the Greatest Generation.
Absolutely!!
I've watched watched many of these and the one thing I've learned is that the tighter the formation the better the chances of not getting shot down by German fighters.
The person who gave the thumbs down please explain yourself. Only watching part of this and I see nothing at all to give a thumbs down to. Thank you and happy Veterans Day
Spent close to 40 yrs deep diving evaders and especially 'would-be' evaders. Keep coming back here for wonderful stories & hoping one of them will appear aircrew grounded in Europe had an interesting time being tourists and met interesting people from both sides in thewar. Well worth a study .
In those days people were different. I was raised in Detroit and we never locked our house in the forties.
Makes me proud to be an American.
Me too & I'm from Canada.
At 1:18:38 he mentions Col. Alkire. Col Darr H. Alkire was the original C.O. of the 100th bomb group. After a completely botched training mission in the southwest U S., Alkire was relieved of command for incompetence. He was later shot down over Europe and spent the rest of the war in a p.o.w. camp.
My maternal grandmother was born in Morgan, Utah!!
My uncle was a navigator and POW in WWII. He was on the Forced March from Stalag Luft III to Moosburg when Johnson went down on February 3, 1945. Thank you so very much for this interview.
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Good stuff.
The Greatest Generation did not fight and die in vain. America is fighting a different war now.
Ray: no mention in the credits about the music. Good job!
I love your work. I live in South Louisiana. If you find any WW2 Veterans in this area and can’t make it I’ll try an interview for you - mimicking your style. I was in Army and truly believe these stories need to be documented so history doesn’t repeat itself.
Thanks. We finished up the interviews in 2017 because there weren't that many WWII veterans left. Of the hundreds of vets we interviewed, I know of 3 that are currently still alive - 2 are age 98 and another will be 100 in a couple of months. Thanks for watching.
@@raymondmcfalone26 Wow, hope you interviewed all!
80 Thousand US Airmen were lost in WW2 staggering losses
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