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Oliver Littlejohn

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Dr. Littlejohn describes the struggles and injuries his platoon faced while taking a town in Belgium. (3:13)

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Dr. Littlejohn describes a funny, yet minor injury he received while taking a town in Germany. (2:22)

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Dr. Littlejohn discusses some funny incidents he experienced with another soldier while on the Rhine River. (4:49)

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Part 2: Dr. Littlejohn concludes sharing his experiences and heroic actions that took place during the battle of Wolfgantzen, France. (5:04)

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Dr. Littlejohn describes what he experienced during his first recon mission in Europe. (3:01)

Ollie Maier

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Originally from Minnesota, Ollie Maier grew up on a farm and quickly learned how to drive a tractor at the age of 9. His uncle was right in the middle of Pearl Harbor when it was attacked, and his cousin was a pilot long before him. Seeing the planes soar over his head while he was in the fields inspired him to become a pilot as well. While in college, he took flying lessons, and was the only one of his group of five friends to pass his flying test for the US Air Force. (4:44)

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Maier graduated from his aviation cadet program in 1957 and was sent to gunnery school. He was assigned to a missile wing in Germany and eventually went on to become a T-37 instructor. After that he was sent to Vietnam, and despite most of his missions being focused on dropping bombs from the air, his favorite missions were the ones where he got to help the soldiers out of the firefights down on the ground. (6:35)

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While up in the air, most of Maier's missions included dropping bombs on the enemy. While on one mission, he distinctly remembers his plane getting shot up and how he got away from the area to preserve the aircraft. After receiving word from the forward air controller that there were no other planes he could use, he chose to continue flying the damaged plane for the rest of the mission and received a Distinguished Flying Cross for it. (7:56)

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After he got back from the mission where his plane was damaged, Maier was promised a Silver Star in addition to his Distinguished Flying Cross for the act of bravery he had up in the air. Unfortunately, the forward air controller who was supposed to follow through with awarding him the Silver Star, codenamed David 26, had gotten shot down and evacuated back to the US shortly after. He did, however, receive yet another Distinguished Flying Cross despite technically disobeying direct orders from his flight lead. (7:03)

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The level of accuracy Maier and his Squadron had during their bomb dropping missions was astounding. During one run, they were able to hit the same target over and over again without fail. When the Tet Offensive broke out, Maier was tasked with flying more missions. (5:06)