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Francis Neilson recalled one mission when one of their engines had gone out over the Adriatic Sea. When the second...

Thomas W. Stevenson Jr. served with the 772nd Bombardment Squadron, 463rd Bombardment Group, 5th Bombardment Wing,...

Clyde East's combat philosophy worked for him as a pilot. When he caught sight of an enemy aircraft, it scared him, but...

Harley Bridger and his crew lived in tents with six men each. They were fortunate with their engineer. Bridger felt the...

Paul Roach did five combat missions. They did a lot of resupplying. They were hauling gas in when Patton [Annotator's...

Hewitt Brian Gomez received his commission and received a 10-day leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a...

There must have been 1,500 guns around Ploesti [Annotator's Note: Ploesti, Romania]. That was where they [Annotator's...

Henry Sherman Fouts flew his first mission on 29 August 1944 [Annotator's Note: with the 346th Bombardment Squadron,...

Homer Cole flew 19 missions [Annotator's Note: Cole served in the US Army Air Forces as a tail gunner aboard...

John Angier first met his crew in the spring of 1944 and then went overseas in a brand-new, shiny, silver B-17 [...

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

[Annotator’s Note: Francis Dolsen is listening to another veteran and the interviewer speaking.] The tail gunner...

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