Central Illinois World War II Stories - Oral History Interview: O.B. Streeper of Chenoa

[@robertbeda959]

Had the honor to have been trained in vehicle extrication by this man during my Firefighter and EMS career. Was fortunate I was able to take several of his training classes.

[@bjkarana]

Mr. Streeper's got a real command voice, and quite the sense of humor! Thank you for your service!

[@joycecogdill9797]

Awesome interview- great storyteller and the ending few minutes were the best!!!

[@andyadams3307]

I grew up in Chenoa and used to go to Ob's house and listen to his stories about the war He was a larger then life true American Hero. I loved that man. I got misty eyed when I heard his voice on this video never thought I'd hear it again.

[@g.s6684]

I REALLY ENJOYED listening to MR Streeper, seems to be a real stand up guy full of moxy!

[@MarkHansen1990]

Old glory, every stitch is us, one stitch at a time... it is all of us, US. God bless America!!! Thank you for making the obvious point that needs to be made every day.

[@johnforeman634]

Now, this is what you call a real man. Describing repeated life and death situations with a comedic edge. Knowing full well he was most likely to be killed. Unbelievable.

[@regalherbsman5938]

Love these war stories. Respect to Mr. Streeper, he's pretty funny.

[@willandrews9741]

God blessed us all by the presence of such men in our lifetimes. Even if u were born in the 80s and later you reaped the benefits of freedom and choice that men like this fought for and to preserve, but also lucky if you were ever lucky enough to actually meet them. I'm so happy the very many times my dad would interrupt a conversation and drag me to meet someone, he only did that if they were veterans and usually WW2 vets, although I have to admit the most interesting conversation I ever enjoyed was with a Desert Storm Iraq veteran, he was very involved in large tank battles in First Iraq war. He took hours out of his time and informed me greatly. Right now at my church is a WW2 era and after marine who was a contemporary of Chesty Puller, he even knew him. I feel so lucky to talk to that guy, he never misses a service. I'm a young man and don't go if I have a slight head cold. Not this guy in his 90s, he's always there, a real fine example of a man. I should try to be more like him.

[@richerich9238]

I love this guy!!

[@kiteman357]

I was lucky enough to grow up with these heroes. I wish there were more of them now. Too bad we have devolved. The school systems are terrible.

[@TheThom01]

thank you so much Mr streeper

[@yoandrew4886]

My dad talked about flying over Vesuvius when it was erupting, had to change windshield in P-51, he was in the 317th FS. He talked about shuttle missions to Russia.

[@willandrews9741]

YoAndrew what? That's crazy.

[@fazorvision]

Thank you.

[@randallsmith5631]

"Kill civilians because they're collaberators?" WTF?

[@rodzor]

Is he saying in Iraq all civilians were collaborators? That doesn't make sense. Collaborating with what? In France the Germans were occupying, so if the civilians went with the Germans they were collaborators. In Iraq the US was the invading and occupying force, so it doesn't really make sense to me?

[@djmech3871]

What is the Title of his Book.

[@kiteman357]

What a hero!

[@JakeTheGhostYT]

my left ear loved this video

[@aj-tp2yh]

Made in America

[@azbdizzy4176]

Half the men to died in Iraq got drunk and fell out a window. Did I hear that correctly?

[@willandrews9741]

God blessed us all by the presence of such men in our lifetimes. Even if u were born in the 80s and later you reaped the benefits of freedom and choice that men like this fought for and to preserve, but also lucky if you were ever lucky enough to actually meet them. I'm so happy the very many times my dad would interrupt a conversation and drag me to meet someone, he only did that if they were veterans and usually WW2 vets, although I have to admit the most interesting conversation I ever enjoyed was with a Desert Storm Iraq veteran, he was very involved in large tank battles in First Iraq war. He took hours out of his time and informed me greatly. Right now at my church is a WW2 era and after marine who was a contemporary of Chesty Puller, he even knew him. I feel so lucky to talk to that guy, he never misses a service. I'm a young man and don't go if I have a slight head cold. Not this guy in his 90s, he's always there, a real fine example of a man. I should try to be more like him.