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McKay Smith
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McKay Smith is an Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, National Security Division. Mr. Smith provides guidance to members of the Intelligence Community regarding interpretation and application of governing authorities. He also identifies individual and systemic incidents of noncompliance and works with responsible agencies to correct existing problems, as well as to limit the occurrence of future incidents.
Prior to joining the Department of Justice, McKay Smith was a Senior Inspector with the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General. He worked in multiple capacities within the Office of Inspector General, including as an Attorney and as the Acting Intelligence Operations Specialist.
As an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University Law School, William & Mary Law School, and the George Mason University School of Law, McKay Smith teaches courses on government oversight and internal investigations.
Prior to joining the Department of Justice, McKay Smith was a Senior Inspector with the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspector General. He worked in multiple capacities within the Office of Inspector General, including as an Attorney and as the Acting Intelligence Operations Specialist.
As an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University Law School, William & Mary Law School, and the George Mason University School of Law, McKay Smith teaches courses on government oversight and internal investigations.
Clement Dowler Receives the Legion of Honor - World War II Veteran - 91st Bomb Group/324th Squadron
Clement Dowler was awarded the Legion of Honor at the French Embassy on December 10, 2014. This is the highest decoration awarded by the French government. On April 28, 1944, Clement Dowler's B-17 was shot down by German anti-aircraft fire. It was his thirteenth mission as a ball turret gunner with the 91st Bomb Group/324th Squadron. For the next five months, he successfully evaded German patrols and Nazi collaborators with the help of local French Resistance fighters known as le Maquis. Following his escape in September of 1944, Mr. Dowler was questioned by the U.S. Army Military Intelligence Service at Headquarters, European Theater of Operations. The resulting report was marked "SECRET...
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Clement Dowler's Return to Bassingbourn - World War II Veteran - 91st Bomb Group/324th Squadron
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Clement Dowler's B-17 was shot down over Avord, France on April 28, 1944. It was his thirteenth mission as a ball turret gunner with the 91st Bomb Group/324th Squadron. For the next five months, he successfully evaded German patrols and Nazi collaborators with the help of local French Resistance fighters known as le Maquis. This video was taken on October 9th, 2011, and it documents Mr. Dowler'...
Clement Dowler - World War II Veteran Interview - 91st Bomb Group/324th Squadron
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Clement Dowler's B-17 was shot down over Avord, France on April 28, 1944. It was his thirteenth mission as a ball turret gunner with the 91st Bomb Group/324th Squadron. For the next five months, he successfully evaded German patrols and Nazi collaborators with the help of local French Resistance fighters known as le Maquis. Following his escape in September of 1944, Mr. Dowler was questioned by...
Clement Dowler's Return to France - World War II Veteran - 91st Bomb Group/324th Squadron
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Clement Dowler's B-17 was shot down over Avord, France on April 28, 1944. It was his thirteenth mission as a ball turret gunner with the 91st Bomb Group/324th Squadron. For the next five months, he successfully evaded German patrols and Nazi collaborators with the help of local French Resistance fighters known as le Maquis. This video was taken on October 11th and 12th, 2011, and it documents M...
Clement Dowler - World War II Veteran Interview - 91st Bomb Group/324th Squadron
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Clement Dowler's B-17 was shot down over Avord, France on April 28, 1944. It was his thirteenth mission as a ball turret gunner with the 91st Bomb Group/324th Squadron. For the next five months, he successfully evaded German patrols and Nazi collaborators with the help of local French Resistance fighters known as le Maquis. Following his escape in September of 1944, Mr. Dowler was questioned by...
What a great inspiration this is for me as an American, thanks to all and you Mr Smith, God be with you. This should be seen by every American.
McKay, i've listened and watched other oral histories of veterans before, and this one is one of the best. The audio quality of the veteran is outstanding and also you had a microphone for yourself, which is a huge benefit. What field recorder and microphones were you using? And is the black background something you also brought with you to the interview? Again, you did an excellent job, asked good questions with very little comment on your part which allowed the veteran to tell his story in an undistracted manner.
Thank-you McKay Smith for sharing Clement Dowler with us. The videos of our WWII Veterans and their service are priceless!
best regards from Rouen ,France.Glad to read that we honored you with the Legion D'Honneur.Better late than never , but very late though. Thank you for your courage Sir.
I really respect these guys and cherish their stories Thanks
Better late than never! Those guys are all heroes!! God bless them.
I am so grateful you downloaded your interview. It is very special meeting a war veteran.
This man is a hero. I am so interested listening to what he did during the war. It's amazing what these heroes did.
What a great story !! That's one helluva an adventure. My Dad was also a ball turret gunner, he was with the 447th BG, 711 Squadron, Rattlesden , England. He flew 22 missions before getting shot down over Rheine Airfield , on April 8, 1944 and spending the rest of the war in Stalag 17B. He had no opportunity to elude capture, as Mr Dowler did. He bailed and landed on main street of a small German town, surrounded by civilians and German troop. My hats off to Mr Dowler, man ..... that's an amazing experience !
A great story from a true hero.
A wonderful memory and recall. Great story of the war. Thanks.
love these interviews
Thank you for sharing this McKay! I'm working on a veteran series with the Tristate Warbird Museum's honored veterans here in Cincinnati, Ohio and have an interview this Wednesday with a tail gunner by the name of Don Fairbanks from the Mighty 8th! I think the hardest part about developing the interview is the introduction and hearing yours has definitely helped. So again, Thank you! -Patrick
No problem Patrick. Glad I could help. I grew up in Ohio as well. I look forward to hearing more about Don Fairbanks experiences.
We are currently working on the video we created during his interview! And we have 6 other veterans lined up to interview in the next few months :) It's very exciting
Sounds great Patrick. Keep me posted. I look forward to watching the interviews. Hope it went well.
Its cool to hear stories about veterans training or the funny little stuff they did on base, my grandpa was drafted and did his 2 years in the Army stationed at Alaska (got out of it just in time so he didnt have to go to vietnam) and drove trucks around like supplies or something like that and he was able to witness the testing of rockets and how cold it got there that the garbage bags would freeze to the truck bed and how he could get permission from his C.O. and eat chow at the messhall with his brother at Eielson Airforce Base.
Thanks Jake. Glad you liked it. Clem Dowler just received the Legion of Honour medal this last week at the French Embassy. I'll be uploading a video of the award ceremony soon. All the best, McKay
McKay Smith Wow thats great! This would make a very nice movie to watch if they based it on his story completely.
Great story, couldn't look away
His story is amazing!
Another WW II Veteran has just viewed this film and enjoyed it immensely. Beautifully done.
Wonderful! I'm so glad you both enjoyed it. The interview was conducted for the Veterans Project at the Library of Congress. Anyone is welcome to send in a video interview of a friend or family member that served in the US military.
I watched the whole thing. Nice interview :)