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Paul Bosworth and his crew flew their B-17 [Annotator’s Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] to Wales. The...

Harley Bridger was a radio operator. He learned to use a lead ball to help with his radio transmitter. The B-24 [...

[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee knocks on the table throughout this segment.] Norman Cook served with the 856th...

George McGovern never really used his doctorate. After he finished, he ended up working for the Democratic party of...

Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick finished his training and was transferred to Florida to join the crew. He had a good group and...

[Annotator's Note: Video glitches several times throughout this segment.] Bernard Kofsky enlisted in the Army but...

Robert "Bob" Rickel had to kick a bomb out of the bomb bay from a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...

Wendell Galbraith landed in a yard that was like an apple orchard [Annotator's Note: after being shot down on 22 March...

After the normal briefing for Virgil Faust's second mission, he and the crew weren't much worried about the flight....

Richard Henry Hamilton bailed out of his plane, and after landing in a field he was greeted by a mob of villagers...

Monroe S. Wolyn remembers that while traveling to Europe in a convoy, on one side all he could see was the ocean, and...

Glen Jostad found the food to be very meager and poor in the prisoner of war Stalag near Heydekrug, Germany [Annotator'...

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