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Kenneth Beckman trained with one crew prior to being sent overseas, then joined another crew just prior to leaving. He...

Henry Heim remembers flying from North Africa into Italy was more difficult. He thinks that might be because he did not...

It took a good month for Joseph Blouin to fly from West Palm Beach, Florida to England. The captain checking them in in...

The last mission Joseph Monteyne [Annotator's Note: a navigator in the Royal Canadian Air Force 425 (Alouette) Squadron...

John Angier had been shot down over Cologne, Germany, nearly beaten to death by civilians and saved from them by German...

William Howard went to Scotland. His father was born in Scotland and he still has relatives there. Howard and Bob [...

Blanche Gangwere would leave each morning in a Clubmobile [Annotator's Note: she was billeted with an English family in...

[Annotator's Note: There is background noise throughout this clip.] Jack Sinise had heard about the B-17 [Annotator's...

Frank Finklang was put with experienced crews for nine missions, and then his original crew was reformed to fly their...

[Annotator's Note: Herbert Heilbrun is showing a photograph of Lyle Pearson, a squadronmate of Heilbrun's, and himself...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Henry Lederer what his first combat encounter was like.] It was an amazing...

Lewis Thomas Easterling was put on a luxury liner in July 1944 and enjoyed his passage overseas. His ship landed in...

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