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Herman Pbert's mother helped him, and others escape [Annotator's Note: from a Nazi concentration camp in Italy]. His...

When Paul Carter arrived in the United States and learned that he would be getting 60 days of leave, he was overjoyed....

Freddie Ohr was assigned to the 52nd Fighter Group overseas. They were flying Spitfires. Ohr learned how to fly the...

James Read Kirk's last mission [Annotator's Note: with the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group, 15th Air...

Thomas Michael Holt was in a prison camp [Annotator's Note: Oflag 64 in Szubin, Poland] that the Germans decided to...

After the Battle of El Guettar [Annotator’s Note: the Battle of El Guettar, 23 March to 7 April 1943; El Guettar,...

In 1940 Holloman had attempted to volunteer for the Canadian Air Force. He filled out the application and his father...

Erwin Blonder remembers Marty Higgins [Annotator's Note: US Army Captain Martin J. Higgins] sending a sergeant and 35...

One of Ralph F. Lafferty's friends had been a ski instructor before the war. He was a wonderful skier, and they became...

They shipped out in late September [Annotator's Note: September 1942] and landed in North Africa on 8 November 1942....

Dominick Frank Poliseno was in an area of trees, brush and high grass, and he entered an abandoned house, sat in a...

Olin Pickens dealt with nightmares for years after his time in captivity as a prisoner of war, often dreaming about...

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