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On one mission, Bernard Smith's aircraft was taking off and the left wing began to dip. He got frightened and they hit...

George McGovern never really used his doctorate. After he finished, he ended up working for the Democratic party of...

During the mission of 10 January [Annotator's Note: 10 January 1945], Walter Bala's plane was returning to base when it...

To Dr. Roscoe Brown, strafing missions were more dangerous than bomber escort missions because they [Annotator's Note:...

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

Cary Salter flew 10 missions in early January and February [Annotator’s Note: presumably of 1944]. Many of the missions...

Capers Andrews Holmes, Jr. was assigned to the 467th Bomb Group [Annotator's Note: 467th Bombardment Group], 8th Air...

Carl Platkin usually went to London [Annotator’s Note: London, England] alone because he had a couple of girlfriends...

James McDermott was being held in the British, North, compound at Stalag Luft III in Zagań, Poland. That is where The...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. landed in Algiers [Annotator's Note: Algiers, Algeria] in North Africa and was billeted [...

[Annotator's Note: Throughout the clip, Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr. refers to papers he is holding as he discusses...

Returning home from overseas, Alonzo Emerson remembers enjoying steak and fresh milk, two foods they didn't have while...

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