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[Annotator's Note: Richard Klenoski joined his bomber crew in Casper, Wyoming in late 1944.] He was married on New Year...

The only time Capers Andrews Holmes, Jr.'s base was attacked was when a group of German fighters followed Holmes' bomb...

Norman Riggsby was drafted. He then went to an examination. Afterward, he went to a reception center in Michigan. From...

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

Alexander Jefferson's plane name was "Bubble Blue Subsoil." [Annotator's Note: Jefferson became quiet and was lost in...

Clarence Derrington was captured by the Germans and taken to Stalag VI-G [Annotator's Note: near Bergisch-Neustadt]...

Herbert Heilbrun went through the cadets with Lyle Pearson. On 29 December [Annotator's Note: 29 December 1944],...

Shortly after the invasion of Normandy [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944...

Frank Finklang recalls a mission where a plane in front of him was hit and the pilot bailed out but did not have time...

James Armstrong had bailed out of his B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber], which was shot...

Lewis Thomas Easterling flew his last mission on 17 December 1944. One of the squadrons found a whole group of trains...

Edgar A. Grabhorn [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] was moved to Frankfurt [Annotator's Note: Frankfurt, Germany]...

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