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John Stanley Lee Swarts and his crew would be briefed the day before and the morning of a mission. They would go over...

The day Raymond Cauble was hit [Annotator's Note: 29 May 1944], they were over Vienna [Annotator's Note: Vienna,...

The fog in England was so bad that Alfred Pierse Murphy ran into a parked jeep on his return to the base from the PX [...

William Albright enlisted in the Army Air Corps because he wanted to fly, even though he had never flown before. He had...

Lloyd Reese was a bombardier on a B-24 for the 67th Bombardment Squadron, 44th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. He and...

Lowell Brueland arrived in England from the United States. It was interesting being there. He witnessed beautiful...

Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...

The most memorable experience of the war for George W. Bachmann, Junior [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner in the 367th...

Carl Platkin was in England for a week before he flew his first mission. He went down to a briefing at four o’clock in...

Ray Garcia's worst experience happened in January 1945 when he could not fly because he had a cold. His best buddy,...

When he arrived in England, Darrell D. Gust knew that at least a third of the original 28 crews that had gone over in...

Charles Childs was told he would be leading the Group [Annotator's Note: 2nd Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force] soon....

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