Preserving The Oral HistorIES of Combat Veterans
4:05 | In Normandy, glider pilot Norman Wilmeth prepared his crew for a crash landing. In this vivid account he describes a surprising turn of events.
In Normandy, glider pilot Norman Wilmeth prepared his crew for a crash landing. In this vivid account he describes a surprising turn of events.
In this dramatic recollection, Col. Wilmeth relives flying an unstable glider in the thick of German gunfire. He describes what happened after some very life threatening moments.
Assigned to guard a German airfield after the war, Col. Wilmeth vividly remembers a strange face to face encounter with German soldiers and the chain of events that followed.
While flying over Holland, glider pilot Norman Wilmeth confronted a soldier wearing a Nazi symbol on his forehead. He describes what scared the soldier into heeding his advice.
