Jonathan and Sara Churchill-Sandys sponsored a special event honoring Veteran and U.S.VETS-Houston resident Sgt. Harold Utsler. Jonathan Churchill-Sandys, Great Grandson of Sir Winston Churchill and Texas Advisory Council Member interviewed Sgt Utsler.
Churchill-Sandys interviews Sgt. Utsler
Sergeant Harold Utsler
During the Second World War, Sergeant Harold Utsler ran 50 death-defying missions over Europe as a top turret gunner and flight engineer on a B-24 bomber crew. Utsler grew up in Shelbyville, Indiana, and in 1940 joined the Civilian Conservation Corps.
“When the war broke out I wanted to get into it. My country needed me and I enlisted.”
Sergeant Utsler served in the Army Air Corps’ 376 Bombardment Group, 513th Squadron, from 1942-45 and during the Korean War, he returned to the military for a stint in the Air Force, this time flying on B-29s. Upon leaving the military, Utsler became a jack-of-all-trades who tried his hand at every job from trolley driver to casino hosting before finally retiring at 85.
Jonathan Churchill-Sandys
Jonathan is the great-grandson of Britain’s wartime Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and an internationally recognized public speaker and freelance journalist.
Jonathan was educated and raised in the United Kingdom and moved to Texas in 2009, where he met and married second generation Houstonian Sara (nee Hill).
Together, Jonathan and Sara manage the International Churchill Foundation, an educationally centered 501c3 based in Houston, Texas, and dedicated to the promotion of Sir Winston Churchill’s morals, life lessons and leadership skills in combination with the preservation and celebration of history.
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- Churchill-Sandys interviews Sgt. Utsler
