Vincent D. Parker, B-17 Tail Gunner, 41 Missions, WW II, USAAF, 15th AF

Vincent D. Parker, B-17 Tail Gunner, U.S. Army Air Forces, 15th Air Force, 301st Bomb Group, 32nd Bomb Squadron, Foggia, Italy, 41 missions: 1944-1945, describes his experiences and the lessons he learned during World War II to students at Hill-Murray School, Maplewood, Mn. He enlisted at 17, was in at 18, and was discharged at 19 years of age. Vince Parker is a member of the School Outreach Program of the Eighth Air Force Historical Society of Minnesota. For more information visit the 8thAFHS-Mn website at https://sites.google.com/site/8thafhsmn/ (58 min.: 2011)