Letters to Loretta: Heading for certain death on a Nazi train
The smell of cows was mixed with the stench of the American prisoners being transported to an unknown destination.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: Captured by the Germans
Harold had never felt so alone as he was thrown into a vehicle and shut into darkness, transported to an unknown destination.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: The B-17 goes down over Germany
The aircraft took off in the early morning. The low roar of the plane shook Harold with the same unease he felt each time he went up in the sky.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: An American B-17 bomber versus Nazi fighters
The men quickly went to battle stations as the guns of the German fighter planes had already begun to pierce the B-17's hull.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: Getting news from the Pacific War
Loretta could only imagine the type of treatment American soldiers received if captured in the Pacific.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: Preparing to bomb Germany
"We have no time to waste," the commanding officer told the men. "Every day we spend on the ground is another day those Jerries advance around Europe."... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: I Love you. Do you love me?
Harold had an unwavering love of country and a great amount of pride in being in the Army. He was prepared to do whatever it took to come home to his girl.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: From Wendover Air Force Base with love
This instalment finds Harold at Wendover Air Force Base preparing for his upcoming war deployment while he keeps thinking of Loretta.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: Preparing for the inevitable
Harold knew what he had signed up for, and God only knew he would do anything he had to do to protect the ones he loved.... Read more.
Letters to Loretta: Falling in love with the B-17 Flying Fortress
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress was a massive aircraft, with four engines, turret guns, a bomb bay, and a beautiful, 10-panel plexiglass nose.... Read more.