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Alonzo Emerson recaps a typical mission he flew as a B-25 Mitchell [Annotator's Note: North American B-25 Mitchell...

Jack Rolfson born in September 1921 in Omaha, Nebraska. He grew up in the city, went to school, and would ride his bike...

Clarence Edward "Ed" Riggs, Jr., and his crew received orders to fly to a former German base in Tunisia. There were...

DeQuindre McGlaun [Annotator's Note: with the 333rd Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] did...

Richard Tangradi remembers when the pilot called him to the front and gave him a cigar during a mission. The wing had a...

According to a report written by Jesse Wofford's tail gunner, on 10 January 1945, the crew witnessed a B-17 [Annotator'...

Wendell Galbraith got his draft notice [Annotator's Note: in July 1943] and returned [Annotator's Note: to the United...

When Maurice Hackler went overseas, he was a member of a crew flying a single B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17...

Enemy fighters would come from all directions at the bombers. William Fili says they would dive fast and then turn away...

George McGovern also read the Stars and Stripes, the Bible, and various newspapers. He sent home most of what he was...

James Armstrong continues describing his experience in the small French village of Vaux-sur-Seine, where he had been...

In January 1944 the weather was good, and Carl Koone said Allied airplanes could be seen all over Europe "all day,...

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