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Loevsky, Louis Segment 6
Loevsky was taken to a German headquarters and was marched through the streets of Berlin past angry crowds. He could...
Luckadoo, John Segment 6
John Luckadoo and the other aircrews began receiving heavy fire as soon as they reached the enemy coast. The flak was...
Leahr, John Segment 6
Leahr believes that young people should be taught about what men like him went through. The racism and segregation he...
Shoens, Robert Segment 6
Robert Shoens notes that they used to argue about certain things at their reunions. There were other missions when...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 6
As they traveled through Germany [Annotator's Note: during his time spent as a prisoner of war (POW), Onesi remembers...
Tyler, Kermit Segment 6
The first board Tyler went before was the Roberts Commission. He also went before army and navy boards. The boards were...
Yellin, Jerome "Jerry" Segment 6
Yellin went to see Doris, but his name was called to go on an airplane back to New York. A Lieutenant Colonel gave...
Rankin, Robert "Shorty" Segment 6
Rankin got two confirmed, one probable, and one "damaged" during a fight on 15 March [Annotator’s Note: 1944]. All of...
Sherman, Richard Segment 6
There were 2 machine guns to the left of the pilot. There were 3 guns on the right side plus a swivel gun in the nose...
Old Coyote, Barney Segment 6
They [Annotators Note: Barney Old Coyote and his older bother] went to gunnery school and did not know where they were...
Henderson, William Segment 6
In September Henderson was on a flight to China as navigator. He was with a crew that had to bail out on the flight...
Pisanos, Steve Segment 6
When Steve Pisanos was in Vietnam he was to drop weapons and food to a convoy that was lost in the jungle. He got close...
Dupuy, Marsden "Pic" Segment 6
Dupuy and his flight were coming back from Kyushu [Annotator’s Note: Japanese main island]. One of their pilots had...
Holloman, William Segment 6
Holloman returned to active duty with the stipulation that he be retained for five years so he could retire. The army...
Spivey, Leonard Segment 6
Leonard Spivey did not have a full crew for the mission. On the Schweinfurt mission Spivey was the squadron lead...
Noack, John Segment 6
John Noack had a premonition on the day he was shot down that he was not going to come home that day. Noack felt like...
Baynham, James Segment 6
Baynham recalls writing a couple of postcards per month. His folks wrote a lot but he only received a couple of letters...
Bollinger, Ardell Segment 6
Ardell Bollinger did not learn the names of the people who helped him or where he stayed because Bollinger thought he...
Jones, David "Davey" Segment 6
From looking at the maps the 2 men discovered that the maps showed the same coastline, but the distances and everything...
Van Kirk,Theodore "Dutch" Segment 6
Theodore Van Kirk remembers receiving word that President Harry Truman had approved the plans to drop the bomb and to...
Candelaria, Richard Segment 6
Richard Candelaria went down the hill to a couple of cabins. He did not see anyone near the first one. When he went to...
Keema, John Segment 6
After John Keema’s navigator Frank Delarmie [Annotator’s Note: unsure of spelling] was killed they were assigned a new...
Armanini, Joseph Segment 6
After the completion of his first tour, Joseph Armanini went on to serve a second tour, this time with the 92nd Combat...
Johnson, Oscar Segment 6
After the war, Oscar Johnson remained single and never had children. He did not marry until 1986. He feels his wife [...
Gatewood, Joel Segment 6
Gatewood's area was comprised of American POWs. They maintained their ranks and their discipline. Gatewood remembers a...
Cole, Richard Segment 6
Richard Cole heard that some of the aircraft had cameras on them but his was not one of them. The picture of Doolittle...
Kassal, Bentley Segment 6
Kassal remembers moving into Rome with ease. The men had more liberty in Rome than they had in the other Italian cities...
Gibbons, John Segment 6
John Gibbons is a big believer in the Boeing B-17. He saw a lot of planes that were damaged. Gibbons flew a plane named...
Kuroki, Ben Segment 6
[Annotators Note: The beginning of this segment is the beginning of the interview, at 00:50:04:000 the interview picks...
Rackley, Clifford Segment 6
Munich was defended with 105 millimeter guns which were different than the 88 millimeter guns they were used to. They...
Gross, Clayton Segment 7
Clayton Kelly Gross had to make an emergency landing on Omaha Beach before he went home. He flew a mission over the...
Anderson, Clarence "Bud" Segment 7
Clarence Anderson's first mission was to Frankfurt,Germany. For the mission he was flying wingman for an experienced...
Loevsky, Louis Segment 7
The Germans issued blankets to the POWs that were threadbare and worthless. Loevsky states that when the Germans knew...
Luckadoo, John Segment 7
When John Luckadoo was on his bomb run [Annotators Note: during the 8 October 1943 mission to Bremen] it was terribly...
Shoens, Robert Segment 7
Robert Shoens felt that the flak was limited on that mission [Annotators Note: the 6 March 1944 mission to Berlin]. It...
Onesi, Anthony "Tony" Segment 7
Onesi remembers Dick Smith's [Annotator's Note: Onesi's pilot] mother keeping in touch with the crew and their families...

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