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In January 1945, Walter Douglas flew his last mission which was to Paderborn [Annotator's Note: Paderborn, Germany],...

They [Annotator's Note: Malcolm Higgins and his crew] did everything they could do to keep their plane in the air after...

James Read Kirk had never been out of the country before. He went to Bangor, Maine and practiced flying in formations....

James Armstrong's final mission to Stuttgart, Germany. When he was awakened for the mission, he didn't know what the...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear paper ruffling, seats squeaking, and people in the background throughout this segment.]...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was based in Italy in 1944. Card playing consumed a big part of the idle time spent on base...

After ditching his plane [Annotator's Note: on 12 April 1944 over Perwez, Belgium], Gilbert S. Shawn worked with the...

Eugene W. Chambers' mission [Annotator's Note: while serving with the 406th Night Leaflet Squadron, 492nd Bombardment...

Jack Rolfson saw shellshock [Annotator's Note: also known as post traumatic stress disorder or PTSD] in some of the...

Norma Jean Ford Beard lost her father in the war. His remains were only recovered recently. [Annotator’s Note: Beard's...

Glen Jostad was taken to Frankfurt, Germany for interrogation after his capture by the Germans. It was a rough time,...

Frank A. Wiswall graduated from aviation school and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in January 1943. He...

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