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Lowell Brueland earned the Silver Star after he arrived in France while performing a fighter sweep. He had completed...

Jack Rolfson was anxious to fly his first mission. He recalled he could not sleep the night before. At the time he flew...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Keller's wife assists him throughout the interview as he had a stroke and has trouble...

James Armstrong was assigned to Gowen Field outside of Boise, Idaho, where he began to train with his crew. He...

[Annotator’s Note: There is background noise throughout this segment.] William Isham Davis [Annotator’s Note: serving...

[Annotator's Note: There is a sound of a clock ticking in the background]. Chester Sharp and his crew dropped food...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks bomber pilot John Paul how he managed his crew.] The military is not a...

John W. Towle was stationed at Rattlesden, England. There are reunions with veterans of the 448th held in Rattlesden....

The target that day [Annotator's Note: 24 April 1944, the day William Fili was shot down] was Ploesti [Annotator's Note...

William Albright was a ball turret gunner [Annotator's Note: on Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber number 42-...

After his rough mission during which his engine caught fire James Kemp McLaughlin was ordered to take an airplane to...

Asked to describe his worst mission, Carl Koone recalled a long one that started normal and had proceeded on course...

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