"When [Patton] found out we were glider pilots, he said anybody would be a damn fool
to do that, fly one of those things, nothing to defend yourself in the air, no motor, no
parachute. A bunch of crazy bastards. 'I'll buy the first drink.' And he did." (Video
Interview, 20:43)
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Lawrence W. Kubale, Sr. |
Lawrence Kubale, 2003 [detail] | World War, 1939-1945
Army Air Forces/Corps
77th Troop Carrier Squadron, 435th Troop Carrier Group
Oxford and Nottingham, England; Normandy, France; Holland; Austria; Hungary; Germany; Italy; European Theater
Flight Officer
WI
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Larry Kubale enlisted in the Air Force in 1941 and became a glider pilot. Landing in
Normandy on D-Day, he helped to transport German POWs back to the States. Later,
because of the shortage of navigators at the time, he began serving as a navigator on the
C-47 planes in Europe until 1945, when he was discharged and returned home to marry
his sweetheart.
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