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Wayne Pierce grew up in the small farming community of Polo, Illinois. He was drafted in June 1941 six months before...

Clarence Anderson's first mission was to Frankfurt,Germany. For the mission he was flying wingman for an experienced...

Gerard Halpern feels that the United States could not have avoided taking part in World War 2. The United States had...

Floyd Horne was born in Bowersville, Ohio in February 1922. He spent the first 18 years of life there until July 1940...

The war in Germany ended and Robert W. McDonald's operation [Annotator's Note: in the 8th Air Force] was transferred to...

Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick was assigned as the radio navigator in the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group,...

Joseph Brannan returned to Melville, Rhode Island as a PT boat instructor [Annotator's Note: at the Motor Torpedo Boat...

Freddie Ohr flew in a P-64 and a P-35. He cannot find the P-64 in modern books about fighters. Both were forerunners to...

[Annotator's Note: There is some informal talking between the interviewer and interviewee at the beginning of the tape...

Archie Maltbie arrived in Scotland and was taken to Thatcham. It was an indoctrination station to introduce troops to...

Robert Martin moved into New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] on Saint Claude Street in a mixed-race...

[Annotator's Note: An interviewer asks Thomas J. Blakey what he knew prior to jumping into Holland for Operation Market...

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