Brunt, Julian Postwar Service and Additional War Stories

Julian Gould Brunt returned home from World War 2, was discharged from the Army, and enrolled at Mississippi State University [Annotator's Not

Brunt, Julian Prewar and Army Training

[Annotator's Note: The video is scrambled for the first ten seconds of the interview.

Brunt, Julian Troop Stories

Julian Gould Brunt recalls getting trapped by a barrage and had to seek shelter in some old German foxholes.

Brunt, Julian War's End and Returning Home

During the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December 1944 to 25 January 194

Bryan, Donald Becoming a fighter pilot

Donald Bryan took off on 140 missions but only completed 138 of them. The bombers aborted on two of them because of weather.

Bryan, Donald Combat in the skies

Bryan’s preference for aircraft depended on where he was. The P-47 was a great aircraft at low level. The P-51 was a great high altitude plane.

Bryan, Donald Downing an Arado234

Bryan, Donald Enemy attack on Y29

Y29 was a wonderful set up. They got there on 24 December [Annotator’s Note: 24 December 1944].

Bryan, Donald Escorting bombing missions

For the first several months they were flying out of Bodney, they did not live on base.

Bryan, Donald Fighter planes

The first real fighter airplane Donald Bryan flew was the P-40D with the Merlin engine, not the Allison engine.

Bryan, Donald Fighting German jets

When Donald Bryan went back to Europe for his second combat tour, he returned to the same squadron.

Bryan, Donald Firing in anger

When Donald Bryan was going to junior college the US was paying for pilot training [Annotator’s Note: the Civilian Pilot Training Program or CPTP].