Melissa Golden

PEOPLE: Portraits

Joe Walters, 93, waits for the Liberty Belle to take off. This was the first time Walters had stepped foot inside a B-17 since the one he flew in as a ball-turret gunner was shot down over occupied Belgium in August 1943.
Joe Walters, 93, waits for the Liberty Belle to take off. This was the first time Walters had stepped foot inside a B-17 since the one he flew in as a ball-turret gunner was shot down over occupied Belgium in August 1943.