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Frank Bostwick flew 35 missions over Europe. His whole crew stayed together and relatively uninjured during those...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer pauses the interview to adjust the camera.] Jack Rolfson went to work for American...

Preflight for Henry Sherman Fouts' missions [Annotator's Note: with the 346th Bombardment Squadron, 99th Bombardment...

To Dr. Roscoe Brown, strafing missions were more dangerous than bomber escort missions because they [Annotator's Note:...

Annotator’s Note: Interviewee’s chair makes noises throughout the segment.] Wilfred Lawrence Weseman served in Italy...

[Annotator's Note: Thomas Eakes served in the US Army Air Forces with the 713th Bombardment Squadron, 448th Bombardment...

There was a lot of "oohs and ahhs" at the mission briefing [Annotator's Note: for Victor Fienup's 17 August 1943...

Donald Dean Paynter always had problems with his heated suit and would be freezing. He would have to go on oxygen at 12...

William Howard went to Scotland. His father was born in Scotland and he still has relatives there. Howard and Bob [...

The housing at Henry Sherman Fouts' base was very primitive. He slept on a canvas cot and had only a couple of blankets...

Chester Strunk received only half the Red Cross parcels allocated to the prisoners. The Germans supplemented that food...

Asked to describe his worst mission, Carl Koone recalled a long one that started normal and had proceeded on course...

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