Ploesti Heroes

We dedicated this section of our website for the Veterans of the WWII, Ploesti and former POW's of Ploesti - Romenia.

We will add different stories from veterans and POW's.If you have a story, you have been there (Ploesti - Romenia) and you would like to share it with the world, please call us at 949-697-1087. We would like to include your story and pictures.

We will start with a legend, a war hero, a wonderful human being,

Major Robert W. Sternfels - The Sandman..

Major Robert W. Sternfels Major Robert W. Sternfels

Now 89 years old.(well actually, we should say "young" for this remarkable gentleman. AP) Everyone remembers startling events in their lives. Mine started two weeks after the Japanese bombed Perl Harbor when I opened the cold door handle of the Army Air Corps recruiting office and applied for flight training. Two problems…..one I had not completed my two years of college and the other was the possible rejection due to reduced hearing in my left ear. Both problems were solved by tests and a physical exam. Read more...

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