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Carl Platkin was in England for a week before he flew his first mission. He went down to a briefing at four o’clock in...

When he arrived in Paris, France, Robert Sweatt's escorts introduced him to three young men of the French Resistance...

James "Jim" L. Brooks [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force]...

Richard Tangradi thought about getting married to an English girl. He remembers some things like it just happened. He...

Walter Douglas and his crew were given a choice to go on a mission as a spare. They decided to go as a spare. On their...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was taken by train to Frankfurt [Annotator's Note: Frankfurt, Germany] with his crew and...

Chester Strunk and his fellow crewmen were approached by locals on horseback immediately following their parachute...

In July 1944, Richard "Dick" Schneider found himself with an extremely painful wisdom tooth. The dentist had a terrible...

Among the many things Francis Neilson learned in Lincoln, Nebraska was that oxygen was a good cure for a hangover. In...

On 31 May 1944, Frank Jasicko [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 781st Bombardment Squadron, 465th Bombardment Group,...

David Foerster was in England for a short time. He had an uncle who was a colonel in the Army Signal Corps. His uncle...

After 27 hours, Irving Baum and the other prisoners [Annotator's Note: after evacuating from Stalag Luft III in Sagan,...

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