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James Morehead discusses his aerial victory while he was on an escort mission over Romania. He saw two planes that...
From Townsville, Australia, Robert Leese went to Port Moresby, New Guinea, which was still occupied in the north by the...
Archie Maltbie and his outfit [Annotator's Note: the 388th Fighter Squadron, 365th Fighter Group] began flying missions...
As a member of a new P-47 [Annotator's Note: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft] fighter group [Annotator's...
Hewitt Brian Gomez was sent to Greensburg, North Carolina for seven weeks of Air Force basic training. The first...
Arnol Sellars joined the Air Force Reserve so he could get a deferment [Annotator's Note: postponement of military...
Bernard Knese was born in Meppen, Illinois near St. Louis, Missouri in May 1924. He grew up in a farming community....
[Annotator's Note: Throughout the segment, a chirp sound can be heard.] Albert "Al" Machaud believes that America...
[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee’s chair makes noise throughout the segment.] After receiving his commission as a second...
The barracks were about two or three miles from the fields. Sometimes John Symons walked there. They had A, B, and C...
Floyd Annas graduated from advanced pilot training in Marfa, Texas [Annotator's Note: Marfa Army Airfield] on 23...
[Annotator's Note: Throughout the segment, a chirp sound can be heard.] Albert "Al" Machaud is not sure of the unit he...
Roland M. Lee encountered flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire] on most of his missions [Annotator's...
[Annotator’s Note: There is traffic noise in the background throughout this segment.] Thomas Beary was born Whitman,...
Ricardo R. Rondinelli was sent to Makin Island in the Gilbert Islands and assigned to the 47th Bombardment Squadron,...
Dale Bates flew seven missions as an instructor before the squad was disbanded in October 1944. Bates was then...
[Annotator's Note: There is a sound of a clock ticking in the background]. After being assigned to an air crew, Chester...
Frank A. Wiswall graduated from aviation school and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in January 1943. He...
[Annotator’s Note: Birds chirping in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Upon arriving in England in...
William Colgan served overseas with the 79th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force and flew in P-40s [...
John Arthur Stege flew across the Atlantic to England then on to Gibraltar and to North Africa [Annotator's Note: as a...
John Arthur Stege and 14 other pilots were sent home [Annotator's Note: he was a veteran combat pilot with the 48th...
After pilot training, Homer Myers got his commission. He went to Tampa, Florida and started his B-17 [Annotator's Note...
[Annotator's Note: Audio is not good throughout this clip.] When he was not on a mission, Marvin Raymond Graham would...
Harvey Lee Bishop [Annotator’s Note: a North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft pilot in the 457th Fighter Squadron...
[Annotator's Note: There is a sound of a clock ticking in the background]. Chester Sharp and his crew [Annotator's Note...
Flying the B-47 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-47 Sratojet subsonic strategic bomber] was great, according to Joseph...
Joel Urice flew his seventh mission in Germany below Berlin [Annotator’s Note: Berlin, Germany]. They experienced a lot...
Albert Porche and the 99th Fighter Squadron landed in North Africa. [Annotator's Note: The 99th Fighter Squadron was an...
[Annotator's Note: Floyd Horne enlisted in the Army Air Forces at Chanute Field in Champaign County, Illinois in July...
George Rudloff saw a competition between the American and British soldiers. The territory of India belonged to the...
Frank Finklang recalls a mission where a plane in front of him was hit and the pilot bailed out but did not have time...
Recalling some of the highlights of his experiences, Harold Shook said it didn't look like the Luftwaffe [Annotator's...
Robert Liles contracted amoebic dysentery in China and was sent to a hospital in India. He flew back to his base in a...
John Stanley Lee Swarts and his crew would be briefed the day before and the morning of a mission. They would go over...
Orrin Welty describes some of the differences between flying the B-17s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...

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