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Life on base was "awful" according to Edwin Sved. The men lived in tents set up in the mud and took cold showers, but...

Dabney Montgomery arrived in Bari, Italy in January 1944. It was the day after a heavy German bombardment. There were...

Russell Brien was at the Foggia Airfield [Annotator's Note: the Pantanella Airfield was part of the Foggia Airfield...

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

Jack Holder [Annotator’s Note: serving with Patrol Bombing Squadron 103 (VPB-103)] flew missions across the English...

Samuel W. Smith was asked if he would be a lead crew. It would cut down his missions to 30. He would have to have more...

John T. "Jack" Race received his commission in February 1943. Since he was on detached service with the British [...

James "Jim" L. Brooks [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force] was...

Roland M. Lee encountered flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire] on most of his missions [Annotator's...

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

Jones Quincy Adams, Jr. was sent to Santa Ana, California for classification [Annotator's Note: after completing pre-...

On 2 March 1945, Eugene Vaadi and his crew were shot down over Dresden, Germany. Once a prisoner of war, he was...

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