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Oral History Project World War II Years, 1941-1946 - Les Schrenk
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Object Description
Title
Oral
History
Project
World
War
II
Years
,
1941-1946
-
Les
Schrenk
Interviewee
Schrenk
,
Lester
Description
Dr
.
Thomas
Saylor
,
historian
and
professor
of
history
at
Concordia
University
,
Saint
Paul
,
interviewed
numerous
civilians
,
service
veterans
, and
prisoners
of
war
for his
books
,
Remembering
the
Good
War
:
Minnesota's
Greatest
Generation
and
Long
Hard
Road
:
American
POWs
During
World
War
II
.
Between
2001
and
2005
,
over
170
interviews
were
conducted
for this
project
and
recorded
on
cassette
tape
. This
collection
is
the
product
of a
preservation
project
to
digitize
the
interviews
for
continued
future
accessibility
. This
project
has been
financed
in
part
with
funds
provided
by the
State
of
Minnesota
from the
Arts
and
Cultural
Heritage
Fund
through
the
Minnesota
Historical
Society
.
Abstract
Les
Schrenk
was
born
on a
farm
in
Long
Prairie
,
Minnesota
, on
16
November
1923
.
One
of
three
children
, he
grew
up
on the
farm
.
Les
enlisted
in the US
Army
Air
Corps
in
November
1942
.
After
completing
Basic
Training
,
Les
was
trained
as a
ball
turret
gunner
on
B-17
Flying
Fortress
four-engine
heavy
bombers
. By
early
1944
,
Les
was
flying
missions
from
England
with the
327th
Bomb
Squadron
,
92nd
Bomb
Group
,
part
of the
8th
Air
Force
. On
22
February
1944
,
during
a
mission
to
Germany
,
Les
'
B-17
was
shot
down
over
German-occupied
Denmark
, and he was
captured
.
After
interrogation
at the
central
Dulag
Luft
facility
,
Les
spent
time
in
Stalag
Luft
VI
Heydekrug
and
Stalag
Luft
IV
Gross
Tychow
.
When
The
Germans
evacuated
Luft
IV
on
6
February
1945
,
more
than
eight
thousand
POWs
were
marched
out
in
groups
,
towards
Germany
. For
Les
, this
meant
eighty-six
days
on the
road
before
being
liberated
by
advancing
British
troops
on
2
May
1945
. With
other
liberated
men
,
Les
was
evacuated
to
France
, then to the
United
States
. He
spent
some
time
recovering
from his
POW
ordeal
before
being
discharged
later
in
1945
.
Again
a
civilian
,
Les
returned
to
Minnesota
, was
married
in
1948
(wife
Bernice)
, and
remained
a
resident
of
Long
Prairie
.
Interviewer
Saylor
,
Thomas
,
1958-
Date of Interview
2005-02-18
General Subject
World
War
,
1939-1945
;
Prisoners
and
prisons
,
German
;
Concentration
camps
,
Europe
;
Prisoners
of
war
;
Personal
narratives
;
Oral
history
; US
Army
;
Army
Air
Force
;
Dulag
Luft
;
Stalag
Luft
VI
;
Stalag
Luft
IV
;
Coverage
1941-1946
Type
Sound; Text
Rights
All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced without the written permission of Concordia University Library or Thomas Saylor, Department of History, Concordia University, St. Paul.
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Oral History Project World War II Years, 1941-1946 - Les...
Les Schrenk - Part 1
Les Schrenk - Part 2
Les Schrenk - Part 3
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Les Schrenk - Part 5
Les Schrenk - Part 6
Les Schrenk - Transcript Part 1
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Les Schrenk - Part 2
Les Schrenk - Part 3
Les Schrenk - Part 4
Les Schrenk - Part 5
Les Schrenk - Part 6
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