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After the war, Jack Buckner used the G.I. Bill to go to school. His first child was born, and he was having a tough...

Paul Bosworth was on a bombing mission just west of Dresden [Annotator's Note: Dresden, Germany]. They would normally...

Victor Fienup does not remember his first mission [Annotator's Note: with the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th...

Richard Klenoski was at a rest home [Annotator's Note: a flak house; a designated rest home for American airmen who...

The missions George McGovern flew usually required between 4,000 and 6,000 pounds of bombs, with ten of those bombs...

William Howard was flying in an airplane that another pilot had flown. They did not want to name their plane after his...

Alexander Jefferson flew a mission to Ploesti [Annotator's Note: Ploesti, Romania]. It was the first time Jefferson had...

The mission for which Henry Sherman Fouts was awarded the DFC [Annotator's Note: the Distinguished Flying Cross, or DFC...

William White Brainard served as a radioman on a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] for...

Willard Haul "Jack" Coop [Annotator's Note: with the 418th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...

Darrell Welch never turned back from a mission. There was one mission where he should have. Welch had a good mechanic....

Philip Whitman's 33rd mission was flown on 13 February 1945 over an oil refinery in Vienna, Austria. It was 53 degrees...

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