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

Raymond Cauble landed his aircraft after being wounded in flight and was taken to a hospital. That night it hurt, and...

There was a lot of "oohs and ahhs" at the mission briefing [Annotator's Note: for Victor Fienup's 17 August 1943...

Austin Hustead recounts that as the front lines moved, the squadron [Annotator's Note: 81st Fighter Squadron, 50th...

[Annotator’s Note: This interview is conducted in a question and answer style]. Russell Engel was a navigator in the...

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

Robert "Bob” Ruiz was sent overseas on a ship in a convoy from New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. The...

Robert Inghram and the American prisoners [Annotator's Note: held in Stalag Luft III] were relocated from the East Camp...

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

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

Lorcey J. Sonnier mostly bombed oil depots, factories, plane factories, ball bearing factories and bridges. This helped...

James McDermott would get barley soup once in a while from the Germans [Annotator's Note: while a prisoner of war in...

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