World War II Story - Synopsis

World War II Story by Robert F. Gallagher
"Scratch One Messerschmitt"

Footnotes and Source of Photographs

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Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Pearl Harbor

1. P-8 World War II Trivia Quiz Book by Gerald and Patricia Del Re.
2. P-10 There's a War to be Won by Geoffry Perret
3. P-10 Secondworldwar (web page)
4. P-10 Illinois At War, 1941-1945, Illinois State Archives

Chapter 3 - Camp Haan, California

1. P-42 A Few Good Men (movie) with Jack Nicholson
2. P-49 Nightmare In Bari by Gerald Reminich
3. P-49 National Archives
4. P-56 Stanford University, History of Graduate School of Business
5. P-57 Citizen Soldier by Stephen Ambrose

Chapter 6 - Camp Irwin on the Mojave Desert

1. P-91 Nightmare In Bari by Gerald Reminich

Chapter 8 - Things Improve

1. P-114 Air Force Flight Test Center (web page)

Chapter 9 - Getting Ready

1. P-115. Military History Online, US Army

Chapter 10 - Camp Shanks and New York City

1. P-123 Troopships of World War II by Roland W. Charles. Published and distributed by The Army Transportation Command

Chapter 11 - Life Aboard Ship

1. P-126 Troopships of World War II by Roland W. Charles. Published and distributed by The Army Transportation Command
2. P-133 Polish American Network (web page)
3. P-134 G.I. The American Soldier in World War II by Lee Kennett
4. P-134 Sink The Bismark by C. S, Forester

Chapter 12 - Camp Stapley, England

1. P-137 T. W. Mayberry, Somerset County Record Office, Taunton, and Robin Gilbert a local resident.
2. P-138 There's a War to be Won by Geoffrey Perret
3. P-143 T. W. Mayberry, Taunton, England
4. P-147 Citizen Soldier by Stephen E. Ambrose

Chapter 13 - Crossing The English Channel

1. P-155 Nightmare In Bari by Gerald Reminich
2. P-156 Anti Aircraft Artillery. A Brief History of Operations In Europe,
August 1, 1944 to May 8, 1945, Courtesy of the U.S. Army
Military History Institute.

Chapter 17 - Alzey, Germany

1. P-186 Crossing of the Rhine River by Third US Army: Courtesy of the US Army
Military History Institute. p-1
2. P-194 Anti Aircraft Artillery: A Brief History of Operations in Europe, 1 August 1944 to 8 May 1945: Courtesy of US Army Military History Institute, p-26
3. P-197 G.I. The American Soldier in World War II by Lee Kennett
4. P-197 Crossing of the Rhine River p-1
5. P-197 Crossing of the Rhine River p-2&4
6. P-198 One More River, The Rhine Crossing of 1945 by Peter Allen
7. P-198 Anti Aircraft Artillery p-26

Chapter 18 - St. Goar, Germany

1. P-201 The Rhine Crossing by William Hokanson
2. P-202 Headquarters, 168th Engineering Battalion, Dated April 12, 1945
3. P-206 Crossing of the Rhine River by Third US Army: Courtesy of the US Army Military History Institute,
4. P-206 The Rhine Crossing by William Hokanson
5. P-206 Headquarters, 168th Engineering Combat Battalion, dated April 12, 1945
6. P-218 Headquarters, 168th
7. P-218 The Rhineland, Part II: Rhine Crossing, from The 89th Division 1942-1945
8. P-219 The Rhineland, Part II
9. P-220 Headquarters
10. P-226 Citizen Soldier by Stephen E. Ambrose
11. P-229 The Rhineland, Part II
12. P-231 The Rhineland, Part II
13. P-233 Ninth Air force: Microfilm roll 80-0312 frame 1760 of the Group records for the 354 FG 26 March 1945
14. P-234 Lieutenant Mark Baldwin's Personal Account
15. P-237 The Rhineland, Part II
16. P-237 The Rhine Crossing by William Hokanson
17. P-237 The Rhineland, Part II
18. P-248 Erich von Viebahn

Chapter 19 - Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1. P-255 John McClane Journal (web page)

Chapter 20 - Hanau, Germany

1. P-277 The Road to Victory by David P. Colley. (Actually, the Red Ball Express had been disbanded on November 16, 1944 but the trucks with their symbols and drivers were still operating under a new command.)

Chapter 21 - Wurzburg, Germany

1. P-288 When We Were One by W. C. Heinz
2. P-294 World War II Commemoration (web site)

Chapter 22 - Regensburg, Germany

1. P-298 Victory In Europe Story by Capt. Gena Ellis

Chapter 23 - Landau on the Isar, Germany-War in Europe Ends

1. P-314 The Last 100 Days by John Toland
2. P-317 Complete Speeches of Winston Churchill, The Churchill Centre

Chapter 25 - Camp Tophat, Antwerp, Belgium-War Ends

1. P-340 Life's Picture History of World War II

Chapter 28 - Military Police Duty

1. P-361 Bruno Schokkaert & Jean-Pierre Ost (Antwerp, Belgium)

Chapter 30 - Post War

1. P-380 Road to Berlin by George Forty

Epilogue

1. P-397 Life's Picture History of World War II, Time, Inc. 1950
2. P-399 Citizen Soldier by Stephen Ambrose
3. P-399 Citizen Soldier by Stephen Ambrose

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Source of Photographs

All photos not specifically identified:

Original WW II photographs taken by Bob Gallagher or members of his antiaircraft gun crew and saved over the years in Bob's records.

Guide to Abbreviations on Photographs - Source

BA Bob Armbruster
VR Vin Robinson (569th AAA Battalion)
BS Bob Searl
EF Earl Fuhrman
NA National Archives
CT Chicago Tribune
JC Jerry Crandall
SC U.S. Army Signal Corps
MB Myron Buloch
MD Miner-Dunn (Marvin Burth)
USA US Army
USN US Navy
ATC The Army Transportation Command
USAAF US Army Air Force
TB Tom Broderick
SSN Stars and Stripes Newspaper*
NPC Nazi Propaganda Cards
RF Russ Fay
MBB Mark B. Baldwin, Jr.
NMM National Maritime Museum, London
SWP Skylighters Web Page
BS&JP Bruno Schokkaert & Jean-Pierre Ost
THSA Theatre Historical Society of America
CHS Chicago Historical Society
BMA British Museum of Aviation
HP Hollywood Photographs
TBB The Big Bands
LM Life Magazine
WHR Willard (Hap) Reese

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