- Collection:
- Veterans History Project: Oral History Interviews
- Title:
- Oral history interview of Harry Bexley
- Creator:
- Luton, Frank
Bexley, Harry, 1922-2019
Bexley, Harriett, 1929-2021 - Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 2017-10-13
- Subject:
- World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, American
World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--France--Normandy
Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945--Death & burial
United States. Army Air Forces. Air Force, 9th
Queen Mary (Steamship) - Location:
- Belgium, 50.75, 4.5
France, Normandy, 49.0677708, 0.3138532
Netherlands, Holland, 52.5001698, 5.7480821 - Medium:
- oral histories (literary works)
- Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.youtube.com/embed/kTGRI7Y0BRs?si=LPQGNSzWjzVQ9q2k||http://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/cdm/ref/collection/VHPohr/id/930
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- Extent:
- 1:09:32
- Original Collection:
- Veterans History Project oral history recordings||Veterans History Project collection, MSS 1010, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
In this interview, Harry Bexley describes his experiences in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. He tells of his childhood and explains his choice of service. He outlines his training experiences and his voyage to Europe. He landed at Normandy about a week after D-Day and describes what it was like to wade ashore with bodies still floating. He details his duties and what pushing across France, Belgium and Holland was like. He recalls Hitler's Eagles' Nest and repairing the elevator there. He reports that he was packing to go to the Pacific when the atomic bomb was dropped. He tells of his homecoming, postwar career and family. 470th Air Service Group; 888th Engineer Squadron; "the Phantom"; Hitler's Eagle's Nest; Lou Greco Harry Bexley served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II.