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William Howard was flying in an airplane that another pilot had flown. They did not want to name their plane after his...

Joseph Krause recalls that he didn't keep his flight log book up to date while he flew the requisite 30 missions to...

Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was captured as a prisoner when his plane was shot down by Germans. Perdue was led to a local...

Glen Jostad describes his terrible experience during eight days transit from one Stalag to another. The cramped boxcar...

After he enlisted, Carroll Knutson was evaluated and selected for training as a pilot. His training began at Maxwell...

Ralph Boyer has many memorable experiences of World War 2. He fought because it was necessary for everyone to do their...

Frank Finklang's most memorable experience of the war was when he found out that his crew members were missing in...

Clyde East's combat philosophy worked for him as a pilot. When he caught sight of an enemy aircraft, it scared him, but...

Ray Garcia had contact with the Italian partisans who opposed Mussolini [Annotator's Note: Italian fascist dictator...

Lewis Thomas Easterling had broken his legs when his plane was hit and he could not go anywhere when he landed. A group...

Frank Ramsey [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 368th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force...

Being off of oxygen, you go into hypoxia after three minutes. Joseph O'Donnell pulled his ripcord right away and went...

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