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In early 1944, Frank Jasicko [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 781st Bombardment Squadron, 465th Bombardment Group]...

Joseph O'Donnell was told he was going overseas by Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of quickly produced cargo...

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

Francis Dymnicki flew missions from France against Germany. There were few days off because of the perilous times. When...

William Fili had not been trained how to bail out of an aircraft. They had one bit of instruction. OSS [Annotator's...

The usual aim points for a bombing mission that Maurice Hackler flew were manufacturing, oil and transportation,...

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

Sent next to Ephrata, Washington, Carl Koone was issued a roll [Annotator's Note: bed roll], blankets and a folding cot...

Recounting his experience in France after he was shot down, James Armstrong comments that the French people were very...

Frank Dolsen [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] went on a...

Kenneth Beckman discusses the comparatively impersonal nature of combat losses in the air versus those faced by the...

On Robert J. "Bob" Goebel's first mission [Annotator's Note: with the 308th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 12th...

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