Leon Kneebone, age 99, paratrooper; Garrett "Mitch" Mitchell, age 97, pilot; Laura Mitchell, wife of Garrett Mitchell, age 96, registered nurse; and Alexander "Lew" Parry Jr., age 95, navigator; talked about serving the United States of America during World War II.
On Dec. 4, 1944, in the jungles of the Philippines during World War II, Penn State alumnus Leon Kneebone, now age 99, found himself leading a platoon of 50 to 60 men on a scouting mission to help locate the Japanese position.
Penn State alumnus Garrett "Mitch" Mitchell, age 97, who piloted C-54 Skymaster transport planes during World War II, logging 69 missions from India to China and back, talks about his experiences in the military.
In 1945, Penn State alumnus Alexander “Lew” Parry Jr., age 95, found himself in the middle of World War II, spending much of his active-duty time that year as a navigator in a B-29, flying 31 missions and targeting some of Japan’s key military strongholds and other targets, while escaping near-death experiences a number of times.
(Source: Penn State University YouTube Channel
