As I said, the original 1943 short film, made in color by William Wylder. There is a scene where a B-17 with most of the tailplane missing lands, and a young guy walks out smoking a cigarette all in one go. His sunglasses were smashed but he was not touched.

He left the steel mill in Gary, Indiana the day after Pearl Harbor and enlisted, so he was lucky to get six months training, not six weeks like the later crews.

He never talked about the war.

HB