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Frank Finklang's first combat mission was to bomb Munich [Annotator's Note: Munich, Germany], however the weather was...

John T. "Jack" Race received his commission in February 1943. Since he was on detached service with the British [...

Chester Strunk was recruited and enlisted [Annotator's Note: in June 1942] but then told to return to college and await...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Chester Brewer about a story of when he threw his hat down at a colonel.]...

Cary Salter was in a dogfight when his wing was hit. It flipped the plane over. He went to pull out and nothing...

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

Paul Lefever related in depth his mission to destroy a well protected V-2 rocket manufacturing site in Stettin [...

Albion Kenneth Hutcherson's [Annotator’s Note: a radioman with the 335th Bombardment Squadron, 95th Bombardment Group,...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer pauses to change tapes.] John Stanley Lee Swarts and his crew dropped bombs over...

DeQuindre McGlaun crossed the Atlantic and landed in Scotland before flying to England where he joined the 8th Air...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks bomber pilot John Paul how he managed his crew.] The military is not a...

Michael J. "Mike" Pohorilla's most memorable mission [Annotator's Note: with the 550th Bombardment Squadron, 385th...

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