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Meantime, Pearl Harbor happens, and then
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The Bloody Hundredth

Meantime, Pearl Harbor happens, and then, along with my other fraternity brothers,were...

Meantime, Pearl Harbor happens, and then, along with my other fraternity brothers,
were recruited as aviation cadets

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Meantime, Pearl Harbor happens, and then,
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along with my other fraternity brothers, were recruited as aviation cadets.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:01
Uploaded
Apr 09, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Playtone,Amblin Television,Herzog & Company

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Movie Summary

It honors the heroes of the 100th Bomb Group.
At that time, there was a great deal of anti-Semitism. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:05
At that time, there was a great deal of anti-Semitism.
And Hitler, with his talk of superiority of the Aryan nation, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:11
And Hitler, with his talk of superiority of the Aryan nation...
{\an8}I thought the most effective way to serve would be as a pilot. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:06
{\an8}I thought the most effective way to serve would be as ...
I went down the next day and volunteered to be an air force cadet. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:07
I went down the next day and volunteered to be an air force ...
Before enlisting, thousands of American flyers had never set foot - The Bloody Hundredth 00:38
Before enlisting, thousands of American flyers had never set...
The other three students had previous flight training, I had none. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:06
The other three students had previous flight training, I had...
{\an8}When those wheels leave the ground, there's no one to help you. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:05
{\an8}When those wheels leave the ground, there's no on...
{\an8}I became a navigator because I was a flop as a pilot. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:07
{\an8}I became a navigator because I was a flop as a pilot.
{\an8}I'll never forget the guy that washed me out was Lieutenant Maytag, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:09
{\an8}I'll never forget the guy that washed me out was ...
I had a military instructor, and he was about to wash me out, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:13
I had a military instructor, and he was about to wash me out...
{\an8}If you can take this up three times and around the pattern and land it, you're in. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:07
{\an8}If you can take this up three times and around the pat...
If not, you're out." - The Bloody Hundredth 00:11
If not, you're out."
I did various maneuvers of chandelles and lazy S's. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:06
I did various maneuvers of chandelles and lazy S's.
Forty of my classmates, just graduated from flying school, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:12
Forty of my classmates, just graduated from flying school,
The Boeing Flying Fortress, manned by ten men, - The Bloody Hundredth 00:23
The Boeing Flying Fortress, manned by ten men,
Offensively, it dropped very heavy payloads for its day. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:06
Offensively, it dropped very heavy payloads for its day.
And it was called the Flying Fortress because it had so many 50-caliber guns. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:06
And it was called the Flying Fortress because it had so many...
The plane responded so beautifully that I immediately related to it. - The Bloody Hundredth 00:07
The plane responded so beautifully that I immediately relate...
We had about five or six months of practice training - The Bloody Hundredth 00:07
We had about five or six months of practice training
{\an8}In May of 1943 we were sent to England - The Bloody Hundredth 00:08
{\an8}In May of 1943 we were sent to England