Ron Nash – Cavalry Pearl Harbor – B-17 Pilot – 390th Bomb Group – POW
Ron Nash POW Memorial Miramar
Ron Nash was stationed on Hawaii in a cavalry unit during the Pearl Harbor attack and volunteered for the Army Air Corps. He became a B-17 pilot and was shot down on his 30th mission, over Hamburg. He broke his back when he landed, and seeing as he had just bombed the city, he had an unfriendly welcome from the local townspeople. He was rescued by German military units and recovered in the hospital before being becoming a POW.
Date of Interview: March 20, 2011
Interviewer: Heather Steele
Affiliation: Old Bold Pilots Oceanside
Transcribed: Yes
Format: Standard Definition Video
Length: 97 minutes
Jim Campetelle – Cavalry – Burma
Jim Campetelle served in the cavalry in the Burma theater of operations of the war.
This interview is ready for transcription, please contact us if you would like to volunteer to transcribe this interview: info (at) ww2historyproject.org
Date of Interview: May 5, 2013
Interviewer: Heather Steele
Format: Video
Length: 103 minutes
Emilio Schulz – Cavalry – France & Russia
Emilio Schulz served in the cavalry – normally reconnaissance in armored cars in World War II – but when he was forced to park his armored car behind the lines in the invasion of France, he jumped on a horse, which was promptly shot out from under him by French colonial troops. After participating in the half-hearted attempts to train for the invasion of England, he survived serving on horseback in Russia, but barely, as a “cavalry captain” or Rittmeister. Emilio lived and died as a bachelor – he was an unrepentant womanizer, and his photo albums are full of pictures of beautiful women. We interviewed him when he was 99 years old, and he gave a surprisingly candid, and detailed, interview over two days.
This interview is ready for transcription, please contact us if you would like to volunteer to transcribe this interview: info (at) ww2historyproject.org
Date of Interview: November, 2012 and June, 2013.
Interviewer: Heather Steele
Language: German
Format: Standard and High Definition Video
Length: 664 minutes
