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Paul James Grubb was part of the air war in support of the fierce ground fighting in the Alps before the German forces...

John Morrow recalls MEs, Maximum Effort missions [Annotator's Note: for a maximum effort mission, every bombardment...

John W. Towle flew his first missions over flying bomb sights in France. [Annotator's Note: The V-1 rocket bomb and V-2...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John Geary to take him through the day of a bombing mission.] It is not as...

John Angier first met his crew in the spring of 1944 and then went overseas in a brand-new, shiny, silver B-17 [...

[Annotator's Note: James Kemp McLaughlin flew 39 missions during two combat tours in Europe in Boeing B-17 Flying...

Thomas W. Stevenson Jr. served with the 772nd Bombardment Squadron, 463rd Bombardment Group, 5th Bombardment Wing,...

Willard Haul "Jack" Coop joined the 418th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force in January 1945...

Ralph Boyer was on the SS Argentina with his crew heading to Europe. He slept with 15 other men in a stateroom. The...

Frank Finklang quickly learned from the "old timers" to hold onto K-rations [Annotator's Note: individual daily combat...

Robert "Bob” Ruiz [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 389th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, stationed in England] flew...

Being as friendly possible, Robert Heller and his crew surrendered. As far as he knew, only one of the crew had died,...

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