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In 1943, John J. Connelly graduated high school and went to sign up for the Air Corps with a friend of his. He flunked...

Hewitt Brian Gomez received his commission and received a 10-day leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a...

Captured after bailing out of his flak damaged B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber], Eben...

[Annotator's Note: Donald Dean Paynter arrived England around the middle of June 1944]. They started training there. He...

Robert W. Paschal and his crew [Annotator’s Note: serving in the 613th Bombardment Squadron, 401st Bombardment Group]...

James Read Kirk's last mission [Annotator's Note: with the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group, 15th Air...

Jack Rolfson does not recall having any burial services for fallen men in his squadron [Annotator's Note: 427th...

Richard Klenoski was at a rest home [Annotator's Note: a flak house; a designated rest home for American airmen who...

Homer Cole flew 19 missions [Annotator's Note: Cole served in the US Army Air Forces as a tail gunner aboard...

On the last mission that Maurice Hackler flew over Ludwigshafen [Annotator's Note: Ludwigshafen, Germany], his aircraft...

Lloyd Reese was a bombardier on a B-24 for the 67th Bombardment Squadron, 44th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. He and...

Norman Cook finished his third phase of training in the Army Air Corps and was sent to Mitchell, South Dakota. He was...

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