Adrian Loeb

Last Name: Loeb
First Name: Adrian
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Branch of Armed Services: United States Army Air Force
Armed Services Serial Number: 32363627
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Training Grounds/Domestic Locations: Fort Dix, NJ; Atlantic City, NJ; Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, NC; Rosecrans Field, Saint Joseph, MO

Unit(s): 68 T.T.S, A.T.C; 479 Air Maintanence Unit; Sqdrn A-1 Section 4; 1252 AAFB North African Division Air Transport Command

Rank(s): Pvt.

Theater(s) of Operation: North Africa

Locations: North Africa (Oran), (Casablanca), (Cairo), (Naples - leave); (Marrakech)

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Of Interest: 10/16/42 - Describes first days in the Army and the processing process, being one of the '"fair-haired boys in the Army" - a member of the Air Corp; 10/30/42 - Description of KP duty;11/16/42 - Surprise at the demographics of Goldsboro, NC; 11/28/42 - Hoping to attend Chanukah services, not having met any Jewish families in Goldsboro; 1/14/43 - Mother coming to visit and staying at the guest - "It'll give her a chance to see how we live"; 1/29/43 - Listening to hometown radio WDEL; 3/10/43 - Describes the planes he'll be working on; 3/13/43 - Assiged to work on B-17's not the A-20's he was trained on, difference between Army and Army Air Corp,; 4/6/43 - Local Jewish connections in St. Joseph; 12/5/43 - Describes flying done to date; 6/14/44 - Description of trip to and cities of North Africa, camp where he's stationed; 8/7/44 - "It's a heck of a way to win a war. Laying on a beach!"; 8/25/44 - Description of local reaction in North Africa to the liberation of Paris; 1/14/45 - Details of sightseeing in Cairo upon arrival; 2/1/45 "I've seen quite a bit of North Africa and can't figure out for the life of me why they're fighting for it" 3/27/45 - Attending two Seders in town 5/5/45 - Latest news flashed tell of German armies surrendering in Austria and Czechoslavakia "by the time this letter reaches you the war should be over." 2/27/45 - Attended a Purim dance - "the girls were European jews and weren't like the cheap trash you find roaming in the streets. 4/11/45 - Description of Casablanca; 6/22/45 - Transfer of troops and cargo through Casablanca;

Delaware Connection(s): George Weiner; Lew Krasovitz; Sam Goldberg; Art Boys; Herman Levin; Jack Lisansky; Sammy Garfunkel; Arthur Krause; Dave Kogen; Lou Shinfield; Ike Bowman; Jake Fried; Sol Fischer; Jake Fried; Isaac Bowman; Jake Fried;Syd Silverstein; Phil Nermans (?); Burt Mottlebaum(?); Marty Greenberg; Jerry Tannen; Leon Flanzer; Syd Silverstein

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First Letter to Mollye: 10/16/1942
Last Letter to Mollye: 10/03/1945
Number of Items in Mollye Collection: 151
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