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Robert Jones was born in Mendon, Michigan and spent his teenage life working on a farm. When he graduated high school,...

The Halifax [Annotator's Note: Handley Page Halifax heavy bomber] did not carry quite as many bombs as the Lancaster [...

Gilbert S. Shawn was born in 1921 in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. He grew up in Manhattan [...

Lloyd Reese was the bombardier on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator taking part in Operation Tidal Wave over Ploiești,...

John Gibbons met his future wife in Kansas before deploying overseas. Gibbons acted as the copilot for the flight...

With the war ended in Europe, James Eyre Wainwright [Annotator's Note: a second lieutenant in the 326th Bombardment...

Freddie Ohr then called his flight up while the next two flights hit the field. They set the whole airfield on fire....

Leona Kleiner views her liberation as the best thing in her life except for her family. [Annotator's Note: Kleiner left...

Enrique Cervantes flew two additional missions in Europe after the German fighter crashed into his B-17 [Annotator's...

Bernard Baker went to Anzio [Annotator's Note: Anzio, Italy] and remained there for about three weeks. It was a...

Robert Spint's most memorable experience of World War 2 is hard for him to say. He does not classify any of it. Some of...

M. Edward Melton thought the end of the war was simple. They were fighting old men instead of young men. They liberated...

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