Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
2:08 | During the Battle of the Bulge, Jim Petrakos remembers being tasked with dropping essential supplies to troops on the ground who were surrounded by German forces.
Jim Petrakos remembers his training and airborne actions leading up to and including the D-Day invasion of Normandy.
Jim Petrakos recalls taking part in Operation Market Garden in September of 1944.
During the Battle of the Bulge, Jim Petrakos remembers being tasked with dropping essential supplies to troops on the ground who were surrounded by German forces.
Jim Petrakos remembers taking part in an air assault across the Rhine River, a mission during which several fellow airmen were shot down.
At the end of World War II, Jim Petrakos recalls transporting concentration camp prisoners back to freedom.
Jim Petrakos shares a mysterious memory of an unexpected visitor while flying over Europe during World War II.
