Tell Johnny Hello: From the Letters and Diary of S/Sgt. Carl E. Cleland

Carl was trained as a gunner and radio operator on a B-24 stationed in Norfolk England. He Flew 26 missions including the raid on Ploesti Oil Refineries in Romania from a South African base near Benghazi. In his letters to "home folks" he describes the places and people he sees through the eyes of a photographer from both air and land, and shares observations of the people he meets. His Diary describes the daily life of a soldier and the dangers, "excitement," successes and failures of the ...