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Jack Rolfson was anxious to fly his first mission. He recalled he could not sleep the night before. At the time he flew...

Stephen Ananian only knew he had flown his last mission after he landed, and his commander told him. Ananian wanted to...

Robert W. Paschal and his crew [Annotator’s Note: serving in the 613th Bombardment Squadron, 401st Bombardment Group]...

In late October 1944, while flying a combat mission, Walter Douglas witnessed an air collision. Two B-17s [Annotator's...

Joseph Richard Bernardi, Senior [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 509th Bombardment Squadron, 351st Bombardment Group,...

Glen Jostad describes his terrible experience during eight days transit from one Stalag to another. The cramped boxcar...

In June 1942, Virgil Faust went overseas starting from Grand Island, Nebraska and traveling to Bangor, Maine, then to...

Ploesti [Annotator's Note: Ploesti, Romania] was different from the other targets that Robert J. "Bob" Goebel flew...

[Annotator’s Note: There is traffic noise in the background throughout this segment.] Thomas Beary was born Whitman,...

Asked to describe his worst mission, Carl Koone recalled a long one that started normal and had proceeded on course...

In December 1944, Constance Cresswell married an American who was stationed at a supply depot in England with the 8th...

Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick was assigned as the radio navigator in the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group,...

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