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Art Fox

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They met little resistance and moved fast across Germany. It was Art Fox's job to reconnoiter every night and make updated maps detailing road conditions. On one of these missions, a wrong turn sent the team right into a town full of Germans. (4:14)

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They were already drinking plenty of liberated German wine and the end of the war was one more excuse. Art Fox relates the tale of a rail station full of armed German soldiers who were amused by the Americans changing a flat while they watch. He got a quick visit to Paris before he sailed home, financed by American cigarettes. (4:06)

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There were two memorable things aboard ship on the Atlantic crossing according to Art Fox. The crap games and the food, both on the way to Europe and on the way home. (1:51)

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Home from the war, Art Fox was able to return to school and finish his civil engineering degree. He also had some work to do when he found out his girlfriend was engaged to a Marine. Writing letters home had given him a taste for writing, so he set out to somehow use that skill in the engineering field. (5:23)

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While waiting in France for passage home, Art Fox was assigned the task of drawing up a map detailing the unit's movement from Le Havre to Czechoslovakia. This he displays, while lamenting that at no point on that map did the USO catch up to them. (2:19)

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Twice he was approved for Officer Candidate School and twice he never got to the top of the list. Art Fox didn't like that but he did like the unit he deployed with. Great soldiers and high esprit de corps. His letters home reflected that and one was so inspiring, it was read by Raymond Massey on CBS radio. (3:22)

Art Morin

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He enlisted for pilot training, but Art Morin had to settle for tail gunner. On his way to Italy, he had a minor medical problem which forced him to wait in Puerto Rico for a month. Tough duty. (This interview made possible with the support of STANLEY T. KOCZUR.) (3:55)

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He never flew with the pilot he accompanied to Italy, but B-24 gunner Art Morin was in the air right away, flying missions deep into Germany. The P-38 escorts were no match for the German Me-109's, and the flak was intense. (This interview made possible with the support of STANLEY T. KOCZUR.) (5:13)

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The Ploesti oil fields were dangerous for American airmen. Many German fighters and much flak. The first time B-24 gunner Art Morin flew there, his aircraft was the only one from his formation to return. (This interview made possible with the support of STANLEY T. KOCZUR.) (2:20)

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It was basically a suicide mission. B-24 gunner Art Morin remembers that they were told at the briefing that half the aircraft would probably run out of gas. He was on the runway waiting to take off when he got word that the odds had turned around. (This interview made possible with the support of STANLEY T. KOCZUR.) (2:47)