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For Ryan O'Brien, going into combat was like going to play a football game. The flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft...

John Morrow does not really remember his first mission as a radio operator on a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17...

Herman Molen remembers his first mission with Captain Ted Tyler, nicknamed “Hard Luck” Tyler. He did not fly a mission...

Raymond Cauble stayed in Italy until after Japan surrendered [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945...

Jack Sinise got hit a number of times [Annotator's Note: as a navigator aboard Boeing B-17 FLying Fortress heavy...

Robert Rans was placed in a room with three other wounded prisoners of war at the Timisul de Jos prison camp in Timisu...

George H. Roxandich [Annotator's Note: wounded and captured by Germans while serving with Company B, 415th Infantry...

Henry Lederer says the crosshair gun sight they used was horse and buggy compared to what they have today. They knew...

Glen Jostad learned while being a prisoner of the Germans that everything is valuable. He managed to create a trap for...

Thomas Creekmore went overseas [Annotator's Note: in 1945], and he was an eager beaver. His pilot [Annotator's Note: in...

John Howland became part of the Pathfinder force of the Eighth Air Force. They were accumulated in small squadrons...

Leon Waldman was a waist gunner on the co-pilot’s side. Their crew flew 51 missions. [Annotator’s Note: Waldman...

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