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

John Howland had been involved in Operation Fortitude in deceiving the Germans before D-Day. They were not affected by...

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

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

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

The first mission Paul Lefever participated in was the second Schweinfurt mission [Annotator's Note: on 14 October 1943...

Ray Garcia landed in Italy in October 1944. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer pauses to provide a brief break in the...

On Russell Brien's third mission his aircraft lost an engine. [Annotator's Note: Brien was a nose gunner on...

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

Lorcey J. Sonnier began drinking too much after the war. He went back to farming when he returned home. He got married...

Russian aircraft were strafing the area where Aubrey Bradley was being held, and he was given coffee and stale bread...

The first time Robert Doolan ever flew was in a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] and...

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