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[Annotator’s Note: There is background noise throughout this segment.] William Isham Davis [Annotator’s Note: serving...

Robert "Bob” Ruiz [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 389th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, stationed in England] flew...

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

Herbert Heilbrun believes in the power of prayer. On his fourth mission, Heilbrun was flying with 36 airplanes in nine...

The war in the Pacific was over in August 1945. Donald Dean Paynter got out of the service that December. He had...

Ray Garcia landed in Italy in October 1944. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer pauses to provide a brief break in the...

[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman was captured after bailing out of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber and...

Stephen Ananian's first combat mission was a ramrod mission, one where fighters escort bombers. Cowboys in the old days...

Otto Kirkpatrick was born in October 1921 in Marianna, Arkansas. In the summer of 1943, he graduated from navigation...

Richard Tangradi’s last mission was to Frankfurt [Annotator’s Note: Frankfurt, Germany]. They had to abort the mission...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Keller's wife assists him throughout this clip as he had a stroke and has trouble remembering...

John Angier explained that the Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: German Air Force] would try to catch the bombers right...

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