Acclaimed Video Production is part of the Veterans History Project.
Here is information about our documentaries of veterans with Idaho connections
Experience the first hand accounts of our war veterans in their struggles to preserve our freedoms.
Series 1 Running time 1’ 45”
George Vitarelli was born in New York City . In World War II he joined the U. S. Army 30th infantry division and served in Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe. Mr. Vitarelli talks about life in the trenches. Talks about his many close calls as a ground soldier. After the war, he worked for Shell Oil Company for 35 years. He retired to live in Idaho.
Mark Calnon was born in Meridian, Idaho and he enlisted into the U.S. Army Air Corp. in September of 1941 at the age of 23. He was assigned to flight school and was sent to Oklahoma for his training, then on to Washington State for B-17 flight school. His crew picked up a brand new B-17 and flew it to England and was assigned to the 384th Bomb Group. In the summer and fall of 1942 the average time for the life of a crew was 6 to 8 missions. Learn what happened when his plane was hit in combat over Germany and set ablaze. After the war Mark spoke to school classes about the war. He retired in Idaho.
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