¡Colores!; Part 6 : Mayhem was Our Business: Memorias de un Veterano
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#3. Sabine Reyes Ulibarrí Interview (Part 6) in which he describes his wartime experiences. This is raw footage for ¡Colores! #1008 “Mayhem was Our Business: Memorias de un Veterano.” For Memorial Day, New Mexico’s renowned author and poet, Sabine Ulibarri, shows viewers a different side. He gives a humorous, chilling and poignant account of his experiences as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 bomber during W.W.II. Born in Tierra Amarilla, Ulibarri, discusses his great pride in New Mexico, the patriotism of northern Hispanics, naming his bomber “El Lobo”, horrendous bombing missions, watching comrades die, and his overall view of war.
