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William Albright enlisted in the Army Air Corps because he wanted to fly, even though he had never flown before. He had...

For many years, Gerhard Franzky put the war in the back of his mind. He was more concerned with building a future. He...

Carl Smith is glad he served his country. He is glad he was in the military. He is glad to live in the Armed Forces...

Irving Becker remembers a funny incident as his most memorable event of the war. It involved some comrades and women at...

They began training every day with full daypacks and practiced moving quickly and efficiently up and down the long...

Henry Schaller got discharged. He flew home in a new plane that nothing worked in. He flew from Italy to Africa and...

Heywood Mason [Annotator's Note: a Private 1st Class in the US Army 88th Infantry Division] dug foxholes, and when rain...

Hannan gives some background about his life in prewar Italy. He explains the attitude of the German youth and of an...

Lowell Brueland's first combat mission in the Mustang was a piece of cake. He performed escort duty with a flight of...

Robert Martin got his tattoo when he was on a ship with three other guys. They were in Boston [Annotator's Note: Boston...

Kenneth Beckman discusses the comparatively impersonal nature of combat losses in the air versus those faced by the...

Henry Langrehr was told about the D-Day [Annotator's Note: Allied invasionm of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944] plans....

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