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Max Finesmith went into the briefing for his first mission before four in the morning. The plan was to takeoff by 8:30...

Paul James Grubb was assigned to bombing runs over the Alps into France after a few days [Annotator's Note: he had...

[Annotator's Note: There is a background humming noise throughout this interview.] Edwin “Pete” Goldberg reached a...

James Armstrong was assigned to Gowen Field outside of Boise, Idaho, where he began to train with his crew. He...

David Foerster was in England for a short time. He had an uncle who was a colonel in the Army Signal Corps. His uncle...

Herbert Heilbrun believes in the power of prayer. On his fourth mission, Heilbrun was flying with 36 airplanes in nine...

John Geary thought the B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] was a great plane that could...

There were roughly 36 planes in each mission from the base [Annotator's Note: Royal Air Force Thurleigh in Thurleigh,...

Joel Urice vividly remembers the belongings of the crews who did not make it back from Hamburg [Annotator’s Note:...

[Annotator's Note: William Albright had to bail out of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber over Germany on 26...

Edward Grant flew his first mission in March 1945. He took for granted that he might be shot down. His airfield did not...

Glen Jostad describes his terrible experience during eight days transit from one Stalag to another. The cramped boxcar...

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