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In his discussion of his first tour of duty, Kenneth Beckman shares an anecdote about his 25th mission. [Annotator's...

William Fili had not been trained how to bail out of an aircraft. They had one bit of instruction. OSS [Annotator's...

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

[Annotator's Note: Video glitches several times throughout this segment.] Bernard Kofsky enlisted in the Army but...

Bernard Smith was very comfortable as an armorer gunner. He and his crew got along very well. They were ecumenical....

Henry Heim was sent to North Africa and then to Italy. They bombed on the other side of the Alps out of Italy. His...

Wendell Galbraith landed in a yard that was like an apple orchard [Annotator's Note: after being shot down on 22 March...

Stephen Ananian's first combat mission was a ramrod mission, one where fighters escort bombers. Cowboys in the old days...

John W. Towle was shot down on 28 February 1944 over Normandy. The news of the war was scarce in occupied France so...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was called up in February 1943 and sent to Miami [Annotator's Note: Miami, Florida] for...

Perry Kerr was deployed to England in February 1945. They were constantly flying training missions before they started...

Ryan O'Brien crashed on 10 December 1944. O'Brien had been sent to lead navigator school. He flew a lot in the lead...

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