100-year-old WWII veteran survived POW camps and forced march
Mike Koziatek, News-Democrat via AP
Robert Teichgraeber, 100, talks about the many gifts and honors he has received for his service in World War II on Nov. 6, 2020 in Collinsville, Ill. (Derik Holtmann/Belleville News-Democrat via AP)
COLLINSVILLE, Ill. — This was no “milk run†trip on the B-24 Liberator bomber.
The 10-man U.S. Army air crew, which included Bob Teichgraeber of Collinsville, was on a mission with dozens of other American planes on Feb. 24, 1944, to bomb a factory where Messerschmitt 110 fighter planes were produced in Gotha, Germany.
They faced heavy flak from the ground. In the air, they faced German fighters trying to repel the bombing raid.
https://www.militarytimes.com/military-honor/salute-veterans/2020/11/23/100-year-old-wwii-veteran-survived-pow-camps-and-forced-march/
