Oral history interview with Marlyn "Gummy" Abel, 1998 August 04.

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Oral history interview with Marlyn "Gummy" Abel, 1998 August 04.

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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 Lò‚, July 25, 1944; supplying U. S. fighters and fighter-bombers; rest and recreation in France; black market activities; Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45; Rhineland Campaign, 1945; Munich and the end of the war; postwar adjustment to civilian life. Appendix includes photocopies of the local paper featuring photos of the interviewee and other local servicemen.

44, [3] leaves ; 29 cm.

University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas Library, UNT

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University of North Texas. Oral History Collection.

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Abel, Marlyn S., 1912-

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