Cal Schaeffer - Mickey Strand - Veterans Series

Mickey Strand - Veterans Series

World War 2

Click on Veteran's photo to see their service story. These Warriors served during the World War 2.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Where can I donate?

I have created a way to accept donations to grow the project, use the WWII Veterans Portrait Series Go Fund Me.

Where are you located?

I live in the San Diego area but have traveled to many locations to interview and photograph Veterans.


How Long is an Appointment?

Appointments usually last an hour. But please free up time for Mickey to set up lights and cameras, hold the interview, and take some still photographers for in the project.

Do you accept reservations?

Yes is the simple answer to the question. Each appointment is set up as an individual session. Group sessions have been set up when I visited a senior living facility or many of the California Veterans Homes.

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US Air Air Corps SGT World War 2 Cal Schaeffer was born in August 1925 and served in the US Army Air Corps during World War 2 from January 44 to June 46, rising to the rank of Sergeant. Cal was a Radar Technician, servicing the radar and radio system on Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress with the 2nd Bombardment Group (Heavy) continued operations as part of the Fifteenth Air Force. They were stationed in Foggia, Italy, as part of the Naples-Foggia Campaign. Engaged primarily in long-range bombardment of strategic targets in Germany. Cal remembers occasionally flying in the B-17s for maintenance check flights but was not assigned as an aircrew. The 2nd Bomber Squadron was posted at an airstrip in the middle of a field outside of town, and the crew lived in tents for the first year until the local town cleared out some buildings for the Americans. Cal and the squadron engaged in missions in the advancement and eventual attacks into Berlin, which pushed the maximum distance for a B-17's fuel and crew. The 20th Squadron received two Distinguished Unit Citations for missions during the campaign at Steyr, Austria, and the following day, on a mission to attack aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany. Cal recalled that most of these missions went well, but occasionally, crews were forced to land in Northern Italy bases for the longer missions, running out of fuel. Cal left the service in 1946 after the end of the War and his enlistment.
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Cal Schaeffer - Mickey Strand - Veterans Series
US Air Air Corps SGT World War 2 Cal Schaeffer was born in August 1925 and served in the US Army Air Corps during World War 2 from January 44 to June 46, rising to the rank of Sergeant. Cal was a Radar Technician, servicing the radar and radio system on Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress with the 2nd Bombardment Group (Heavy) continued operations as part of the Fifteenth Air Force. They were stationed in Foggia, Italy, as part of the Naples-Foggia Campaign. Engaged primarily in long-range bombardment of strategic targets in Germany. Cal remembers occasionally flying in the B-17s for maintenance check flights but was not assigned as an aircrew. The 2nd Bomber Squadron was posted at an airstrip in the middle of a field outside of town, and the crew lived in tents for the first year until the local town cleared out some buildings for the Americans. Cal and the squadron engaged in missions in the advancement and eventual attacks into Berlin, which pushed the maximum distance for a B-17's fuel and crew. The 20th Squadron received two Distinguished Unit Citations for missions during the campaign at Steyr, Austria, and the following day, on a mission to attack aircraft factories at Regensburg, Germany. Cal recalled that most of these missions went well, but occasionally, crews were forced to land in Northern Italy bases for the longer missions, running out of fuel. Cal left the service in 1946 after the end of the War and his enlistment.