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[Annotator’s Note: During this segment, there is talking audible in the background] Chuck Bednarik served as a waist...

Lowell Brueland became Senior Flight Leader before the Normandy D-Day invasion. He had the opportunity to become the...

Erico J. Catalano left the United States for Europe in July 1943 on a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of...

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

Herman Molen was in the 305th Bombardment Group. They spent a lot of time training because of the weather. They would...

Robert A. Stachel [Annotator's Note: a tail gunner in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group] was part...

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

Wendell Galbraith has never told a story about the time he learned what it was like to go down in a plane while not...

Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was captured as a prisoner when his plane was shot down by Germans. Perdue was led to a local...

George Roberts and his crewmates knew ahead of time if they were flying the next day. On the night of 7 October [...

Robert "Bob" Rickel went on a mission to Anklam [Annotator's Note: Anklam, Germany with the 524th Bombardment Squadron...

Strange things would happen in the air for Daniel Samuelson. He was well-trained. He would wear a mask for oxygen....

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