Raymond L. Flanner
30th Recon
30th Infantry Division

Raymond L. Flanner

First Interview:

- Flanner was a 2LT in the 30 CRT

- Flanner led 2PL, and was under the direct command supervision of the 30 CRT COs, CPTs Cornelius and Hume

- Believes that Joseph Calabrace was a truck driver or perhaps an armored car driver

- Thinks that Corporal Joe Calabrace was in the 3PL at times

- Flanner attended US Army OCS at Fort Reilly, Kansas

- He served in the US Army’s 7th Division in 1940

- He remembers that his troop ship landed in Northern England upon deployment to the ETO

- Stated that he cannot remember a great deal from that time period as his memory has become a bit fuzzy

Source: Michael J. Schmid
30TH CALVALRY RECONNAISSANCE VETRANS INTERVIEWS, 2002-2003
Interviews conducted and compiled by Michael Joseph Schmid,
Grandson of Corporal Joseph Richard Calabrace, US Army
Page last revised 04/04/2022
James D. West
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