
We soon found that Major Stewart was no dumb figurehead. He was a gentlemen and a very capable officer. Most important, he was a very good, well-informed pilot. He began giving the morning briefings immediately, and he spoke in that same low-key voice to which he had grown accustomed to in his movies. Interestingly, he flew his share of the missions irrespective of the target. It appeared to many of us the team of Potts and Stewart had brought an esprit de corps to the 453rd which heretofore had been absent. Major Stewart flew a great deal in the morning assemblies to insure that our formations were satisfactory. This was a difficult task due to the fact that we had a high turnover in combat crews. Even so, morale was unusually high and much of it was due to a very down-to-earth Jimmy Stewart.
Colonel Bieck, remembering how things changed when Jimmy was transferred to the 453rd Bombardment Group
So no one at my friend’s old high school is allowed to dress up for halloween anymore because one year this kid came to school on a bike wearing a red jumpsuit with tampons taped to him. He rode around the school telling people he was the menstrual cycle

United in this determination and with unshakable faith in the cause for which we fight, we will, with God’s help, go forward to our greatest victory.
—Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1944
f is for friends who dont talk to you
u is for ur alone
n is for never having any plans at all, all i do is sit at home

A German prisoner of war lights the cigarette of a British soldier, World War I.
Nationaal Archief


