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[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Henry Lederer what his first combat encounter was like.] It was an amazing...

The exact date that Irving Baum got to England [Annotator's Note: as a bombardier with the 407th Bombardment Squadron,...

The first thing Paul Bosworth would do before a mission was get dressed and eat. They could be in the air for hours....

[Annotator’s Note: There is traffic noise in the background throughout this segment.] Thomas Beary served with the...

After missions they [Annotator's Note: Hewitt Brian Gomez and his fellow crewmen] would have a debriefing about the...

The worst part of the mission to Bremen for George Roberts was the fighters. Roberts operated his gun from the radio...

Most of Bernard Smith's missions were to railroad marshalling yards. [Annotator's Note: SMith walks off camera for a...

In April 1945, Edward Bonfoy Giller, Jr. was wounded and was recovering in the hospital. He was given penicillin by...

Herman Molen remembers his first mission with Captain Ted Tyler, nicknamed “Hard Luck” Tyler. He did not fly a mission...

When Jones Quincy Adams, Jr. received his commission and wings from the Army Air Corps in June 1944, his mother and...

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

When Martin Richard was inducted into the service, he could choose his branch of service. You could not volunteer, you...

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