WEBVTT 00:03.059 --> 00:05.281 Don , if , if it's OK , I'd like to ask 00:05.281 --> 00:07.448 you a few questions about your life in 00:07.448 --> 00:10.659 the service and flying the B-17 and , 00:12.100 --> 00:12.539 OK . 00:17.989 --> 00:21.600 I enjoyed Military duty . 00:22.350 --> 00:24.930 And I was glad to be in the Air Force . 00:25.659 --> 00:28.930 Did a lot of flying and that's what I 00:28.930 --> 00:32.400 thought I should do . I didn't 00:33.360 --> 00:35.029 Comes with anything . 00:36.540 --> 00:39.889 Historic or spatial . But 00:41.799 --> 00:44.200 They have quite a bit of military duty . 00:45.619 --> 00:48.009 I don't remember everything , of course , 00:48.110 --> 00:51.130 yeah , but I did like it very much . 00:52.959 --> 00:56.830 People might look and say who's that 00:56.830 --> 00:59.990 oh man . They still say today we , we 00:59.990 --> 01:02.299 stand on the shoulders of giants like 01:02.299 --> 01:04.459 you that pave the way for us . 01:09.069 --> 01:11.709 What was it like learning to fly the 01:11.709 --> 01:15.519 B-17 ? More difficult than 01:15.519 --> 01:19.379 I thought it would be . But 01:20.919 --> 01:24.849 But not painful , pretty . And how did 01:24.849 --> 01:27.410 you feel when , when you got your pilot 01:27.410 --> 01:31.389 wings ? I felt 01:31.389 --> 01:34.870 pretty proud , um . I got my 01:34.870 --> 01:38.660 wings . You had some 01:38.660 --> 01:42.379 pretty harrowing missions and and came 01:42.379 --> 01:44.690 back , shot up a couple of times , 01:45.379 --> 01:47.330 crash landed twice . 01:48.199 --> 01:52.000 I'd lost two agents . 01:53.430 --> 01:55.830 And it wasn't , it wasn't a common 01:55.830 --> 01:58.069 thing , but it happened a couple of 01:58.069 --> 02:01.819 times . Have to get by on 02:01.819 --> 02:05.769 2 . It causes you to worry 02:05.769 --> 02:09.389 a bit . I think you might not make 02:09.389 --> 02:12.979 it . Colonel Rasner and I'd like , you 02:12.979 --> 02:14.979 know , just like to say like in our 02:14.979 --> 02:17.369 thoughts , you're not just a hero to us 02:17.369 --> 02:20.660 but to everyone that has served and I 02:20.660 --> 02:22.604 was , I was wondering if you , you 02:22.604 --> 02:25.919 maybe have um something you'd like to 02:25.919 --> 02:28.619 pass on some words to all the airmen 02:28.619 --> 02:30.860 that currently serve now in the Air 02:30.860 --> 02:34.000 Force . think 02:36.139 --> 02:39.710 Kindly And often 02:39.710 --> 02:43.509 about people . So we 02:43.509 --> 02:46.850 finished our duty and In Europe 02:48.600 --> 02:52.410 We didn't have any enemies . No , we 02:52.410 --> 02:55.710 didn't want this . In order to consider 02:55.710 --> 02:59.339 the memories . One of our planes was 02:59.339 --> 03:03.300 missing 2 hours overdue . One of our 03:03.300 --> 03:06.020 planes was missing with all its gallant 03:06.020 --> 03:09.050 crew . The radio sets were humming . 03:09.300 --> 03:12.059 They waited for the word . Then a voice 03:12.059 --> 03:14.500 broke through the humming , and this is 03:14.500 --> 03:18.179 what they heard coming in on a wing and 03:18.179 --> 03:21.729 the prayer coming in on a 03:21.729 --> 03:25.539 wing and pray . Though there's one 03:25.539 --> 03:28.919 motor gone , we can still carry on 03:29.190 --> 03:33.100 coming in on a wing and a prayer . 03:33.589 --> 03:35.240 What a show . Oh 03:37.970 --> 03:41.520 Yes , we hit our target for tonight . 03:45.869 --> 03:49.300 He look below , there's a field . 03:51.410 --> 03:54.800 With our full crew aboard and our trust 03:54.800 --> 03:58.000 in the Lord , we're coming in on a wing 03:58.000 --> 03:59.000 and a prayer . 04:09.580 --> 04:12.250 we sing as we limp through the . 04:12.949 --> 04:16.579 There look below , there's a field over . 04:18.299 --> 04:22.049 With the crew aboard and our trust in 04:22.049 --> 04:25.929 the Lord . Coming in on a wing 04:25.929 --> 04:29.850 and a prayer , coming in on a wing and 04:29.850 --> 04:30.320 a prayer .