Oral History Interview with Robert Seidel, September 7, 1999

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Interview with Robert Seidel, a Army Air Force WWII veteran from Elkhart, Indiana, who served in the 763rd Bomb Squadron in the European Theater. Accompanied by his wife Helen, Seidel discusses his family, the start of the war and joining the Air Corps, training as a flight engineer, assignment to the B-24 and deployment to Spinazzola, Italy, flying combat missions, life at the base, ditching his aircraft near Salzburg and getting captured, being interrogated, internment at Stalag Luft IV, liberation, and returning to the US. In appendix are three photos of Seidel, his B-24 crew, and their aircraft, Seidel's papers from when he was a German prisoner, his POW log book, the official narrative report of the mission he was lost on, and a letter from his family while he was in Italy.
Date: September 7, 1999
Creator: Lane, Peter B. & Seidel, Robert
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
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Today Cedar Hill (Duncanville, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 7, 1999

Weekly newspaper published in Duncanville, Texas that includes local Cedar Hill, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 7, 1999
Creator: Gooch, Robin
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 7, 1999 (open access)

The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 109, No. 40, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 7, 1999

Weekly newspaper from Canadian, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date: October 7, 1999
Creator: Ezzell, Nancy & Brown, Laurie Ezzell
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 267, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 7, 1999 (open access)

The Baytown Sun (Baytown, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 267, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 7, 1999

Daily newspaper from Baytown, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: September 7, 1999
Creator: Cash, Wanda Garner
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 11, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 7, 1999 (open access)

Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 11, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 7, 1999

Semi-weekly newspaper from Livingston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: February 7, 1999
Creator: White, Barbara
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 7, 1999 (open access)

The Colony Courier-Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 7, 1999

Weekly newspaper from The Colony, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: October 7, 1999
Creator: Fleming, Jackie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1999 (open access)

Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 1, Ed. 1 Friday, May 7, 1999

Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news and advertising of interest to the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community.
Date: May 7, 1999
Creator: Vercher, Dennis
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The UNT Digital Library