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In May 1944, Thomas W. Stevenson Jr. completed all of his training and shipped out for Foggia, Italy where he joined...

Albert Porche went into the service after Pearl Harbor was attacked. The armed forces were trying to recruit as many...

During the mission of 10 January [Annotator's Note: 10 January 1945], Walter Bala's plane was returning to base when it...

Herman Molen remembers his first mission with Captain Ted Tyler, nicknamed “Hard Luck” Tyler. He did not fly a mission...

Hewitt Brian Gomez and his crew [Annotator's Note: the 857th Bombardment Squadron, 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional...

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

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

On one mission, Bernard Smith's aircraft was taking off and the left wing began to dip. He got frightened and they hit...

Richard Klenoski volunteered for aviation training while training to be a combat engineer. He qualified to be trained...

Samuel W. Smith got the B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] up to top speed and buzzed...

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

On a bombing mission over Berlin, Germany on 3 February 1945, Jesse Wofford's aircraft was badly damaged by German flak...

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