Eliot, Marvin "Sonny"

Title: Eliot, Marvin "Sonny"
Performer: Marvin "Sonny" Eliot
Interviewer: William Vollano
Description: After graduating from Wayne University (now Wayne State University) with both a bachelor's and Master of Arts degrees in Detroit, Michigan, Mr. Eliot enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps. Trained as a bomber pilot for the B-24 bomber, Eliot would be sent to England where he would fly bombing missions into Nazi-occupied Europe. Eliot was shot down by German forces, and would go on to serve 18 months as a POW. At some point the German soldiers of the installation he was assigned to became aware that Mr. Eliot was Jewish and was made to wear a star with the word "Juden" on it. Following his liberation by American forces, Eliot would return to Metro Detroit to serve as the long-time weatherman for WWJ.
Date Span: 1942-1946; Dates of Service
Subject: Drafted; United States Army; 351st Infantry Regiment; World War, 1939-1945; Second World War - European Theater; Private First Class
Publisher: Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress; Center for Oral History Research at Eastern Michigan University
Collection Location: 2/4; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y40YvCenZKI&list=PL05gqqIuA4HK1S_labZh5qO9iutjJf_gO&index=16
Spatial Coverage: Second World War - European Theater