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The fog in England was so bad that Alfred Pierse Murphy ran into a parked jeep on his return to the base from the PX [...

Herbert Heilbrun wrote his last letter before his final mission. [Annotator's Note: A baby has been crying in the...

William L. Snow arrived overseas in November 1944 and was stationed at Alconbury, England [Annotator's Note: with the...

[Annotator’s Note: There is background noise throughout this segment.] Joseph Fulton Jr. continued training in P-40s [...

Paul Bosworth and his crew flew their B-17 [Annotator’s Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] to Wales. The...

After D-Day, on 10 June 1944, Austin Hustead's squadron [Annotator's Note: 81st Fighter Squadron, 50th Fighter Group,...

Donald Dean Paynter always had problems with his heated suit and would be freezing. He would have to go on oxygen at 12...

Replacement pilots were in high demand in Europe so Joseph Pilcher was sent to Rennes, France for assignment to a...

Robert "Bob" Rickel flew with the 379th Group [Annotator's Note: 524th Bombardment Squadron, 379th Bombardment Group,...

Carroll Knutson flew his first mission as part of the thousand bomber raid over Berlin. He discusses his feelings in...

Walter Bala was stationed at Old Buckenham, England and lived in a Quonset hut with 16 other men. The hut had no...

James Crane’s brother was taken prisoner by the Germans [Annotator’s Note: after being shot down over the Ploesti...

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