A documentary featuring Bridgeport resident Ray Blake, Jr., and his time in the United States Army is now available.

 

Travel back to the past and experience life as a U.S. Army Air Corps cadet embarking on an uncertain future during World War II. Ranging in age from 18 to 24 years old, some of these future pilots actually flew an aircraft before ever driving a car. They were from all over the country and had to grow up quickly, learn to fly in combat, and risk their lives to defend their country. 

 

The Documentary Field of Valor is now available on DVD at https://fieldofvalordoc.com/buy-dvd. 

 

Click HERE to watch the trailer. 

 

Field of Valor: Air Activities of Texas contains nearly two hours of historic footage, rare photographs, re-enactments, and interviews with former cadets including Bridgeport's Blake, Stan Walsh, former flight instructor Vern Foster, researchers Gary and Sarah Farley, historian Tommy Stringer, author Gary Metz (Last of the Randolph Blues), and family historian Jeff Radcliffe. 

 

Synopsis: It was clear to many in 1939 that direct U.S. involvement in World War II was only a matter of time. Training under 750 pilots a year, the United States Army Air Corps. was severely outmatched by the warring powers of Europe and the Pacific. To confront this threat, a breakthrough in air power was essential and demanded daring leaders, novel ideas, bold action, and industrial might on a scale never before considered possible. Americans unified to transform a depression crippled, isolationist nation into a civilian/military partnership that created the largest air force in history, defined the future of warfare, and launched a world power.