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Joyce, Josefine Early Life
Josefine "Piepsi" Joyce was born in Vienna, Austria in December 1925. She had strict parents but her childhood was very...
McDermott, James The Great Escape Compound
James McDermott was being held in the British, North, compound at Stalag Luft III in Zagań, Poland. That is where The...
McGovern, George Political Life, Mission Targets, and German Flak
George McGovern never really used his doctorate. After he finished, he ended up working for the Democratic party of...
Perdue, Cawthon "C.B. Perdue" Captured by Germans
Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was assigned to the 561st Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force as a...
Heller, Robert Shot Down Over Germany
Robert Heller was flying at an unnerving altitude and had not yet reached his target when his plane was overtaken by...
Geary, Joseph Returning from a Mission
When Joseph Geary would return from a mission, he and his crew would meet with a staff person and tell them what they...
Emerson, Alonzo Homecoming and Reflections
Returning home from overseas, Alonzo Emerson remembers enjoying steak and fresh milk, two foods they didn't have while...
Brown, Roscoe Segregated Clubs and Appreciative Bomber Crews
To Dr. Roscoe Brown, strafing missions were more dangerous than bomber escort missions because they [Annotator's Note:...
Boyer, Ralph Mission to Poland
Ralph Boyer served as a bombardier with the 560th Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force at...
Ramsey, Frank Oversexed, Overpaid, and Over There
Frank Ramsey remembers they had spam sandwiches and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches [Annotator’s Note: to eat while...
Van Huylenbrouck, Omer Wanting to Kick Doolittle
Nobody on Omer Van Huylenbrouck's plane was ever wounded by flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire] as far...
Bachmann, George Recalling the War
The most memorable experience of the war for George W. Bachmann, Junior [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner in the 367th...

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