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Ghislaine Hegerty hated the German presence in her town [Annotator's Note: Courtrai, Belgium]. It was forbidden by the...

George Roberts was signed up to fly 25 missions. After flying only 16 missions, however, that required number was...

In early March [Annotator's Note: March 1944] Harold Shook went on a special mission to bring three guys up to New York...

Francis Neilson recalled one mission when one of their engines had gone out over the Adriatic Sea. When the second...

Jack Lengsfield says that although he thought about the moral implications of bombing cities, he had no qualms and...

[Annotator's Note: Darrell D. Gust served in the US Army Air Forces as a navigator aboard Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...

[Annotator's Note: Video glitches several times throughout this segment.] Bernard Kofsky enlisted in the Army but...

Harley Bridger was a radio operator. He learned to use a lead ball to help with his radio transmitter. The B-24 [...

[Annotator’s Note: Birds chirping in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Edwin B. Cottrell and his unit...

Only one time did Frederick Amore come into a truly dangerous situation. He was not supposed to be in a "combat area,"...

On 9 April [Annotator's Note: 9 April 1945], Russian shock troops burst into the hospital where Wendell Galbraith was a...

Frank William Buschmeier served with the 350th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force during...

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