Personal Narrative Film, Video Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Nathaniel G. Raley Collection

Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- Service History Note: The veteran was a POW for 15 months.
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
- Unit of Service: 48th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force; 15th Air Force
- Location of Service: Mediterranean Sea; European Theater
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Flying in support of the invasion at Anzio, Nathaniel Raley was shot down by ground fire. Captured by the Germans, he wound up at Stalag Luft I, populated entirely by fliers from several Allied air forces. He wryly describes his 15 months in captivity as "a learning experience." Among the lessons: how to tell when an interrogator is lying to get information and the price a prisoner pays for touching the perimeter wire fence in a stalag.
About this Item
Title
- Nathaniel G. Raley Collection
Names
- Veterans Memorial Museum
- Raley, Nathaniel G.
- Adams, Rebekah
- Poniatowski, Stephen
State of Birth
- AL
Home State
- AL
Headings
- - Raley, Nathaniel G.
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army Air Forces/Corps.
- - Prisoner of War -- United States
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- Veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Service History Note: The veteran was a POW for 15 months.
- Branch of Service: Army Air Forces/Corps
- Unit of Service: 48th Fighter Squadron, 14th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force; 15th Air Force
- Location of Service: Mediterranean Sea; European Theater
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Dates of Service: 1942-1945
- Prisoner of War: Yes
- Military Status: Veteran
Materials
- Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- (collected 08/06/1999)
- Video: MiniDV [2 items] -- Oral history interview (collected 02/02/2002)
- Photograph: Copy photographic print [4 items] -- Photograph (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Clippings [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 05/31/2004)
- Video: Digital Betacam [2 items] -- Digitized Copy (collected unknown)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of video recording (collected 03/09/2002)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/449
Cite as
- Nathaniel G. Raley Collection (AFC/2001/001/449), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- image
- online text
- video