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Out of 35 missions, Maurice Hackler only had one mission he considered a close call. He was flying deputy, watching the...

Robert Bueker flew 23 missions [Annotator's Note: with the 454th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force]. [Annotator's Note...

Kenneth Beckman discusses the comparatively impersonal nature of combat losses in the air versus those faced by the...

Aubrey Bradley had always wanted to fly, but had never been in an airplane before he entered the Army Air Corps. His...

Walter Bala was called back to service for the Korean War [Annotator's Note: 1950 to 1953]. He had a new car and drove...

Chester J. Butcher was sent overseas to England [Annotator's Note: with the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group...

Robert Heller was low on fuel and had to decide what to do. While looking for a field to take the plane down, he sent a...

Darrell D. Gust's second, third and fourth missions happened one day apart. Then a fog moved in, grounding the group [...

Robert Wolff was given a new plane in Kearney [Annotator’s Note: Kearney, Nebraska], and from there they went to Maine...

Edgar A. Grabhorn was born in 1924 in Annapolis [Annotator's Note: Annapolis, Maryland]. The Depression [Annotator's...

[Annotator’s Note: Birds chirping in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Upon arriving in England in...

Lloyd Reese was the bombardier on a Consolidated B-24 Liberator taking part in Operation Tidal Wave over Ploiești,...

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