[303rd-Talk] Re: The Mighty Eighth

[Rose & Herb Shanker]

Scotty - My experience involved a passive acceptance in that the day before 
we were to start aerial gunnery training about 40 of us were assembled in 
the barracks area and were asked whether we wanted to stand down from the 
training. Only 2 of those assembled opted to not undergo the schooling. In 
that sense, 38 of us volunteered.  Herb Shanker
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gordon Walker" <gskywalkers at citlink.net>
To: <303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 1:05 AM
Subject: [303rd-Talk] Re: The Mighty Eighth


Hello All,

I just helped my wife unload the groceries from the car and on the front 
seat, I noticed several packages for me, namely two books that I had ordered 
re: WW2.  One is "Time Out for War" by Ed C. Cury and the other, "The Mighty 
Eighth" by Gerald Astor.  Both of the books deal with the 8th Air Force and 
although I have not yet had time to read either, I did manage to read the 
Preface of The Mighty Eighth and one of the very first things that struck me 
was that it said all of those who flew combat were volunteers.  Can someone 
clarify that for me?  Does this mean just the pilots or did every member of 
the bomber crews volunteer?  Also, would I be correct in assuming that many 
were drafted into the service and then volunteered for combat ?

Scotty
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