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Raymond Cauble just wanted to fly. There was a boy with them on the train to California. When they graduated, he went...

In his discussion of his first tour of duty, Kenneth Beckman shares an anecdote about his 25th mission. [Annotator's...

Paul James Grubb was assigned to bombing runs over the Alps into France after a few days [Annotator's Note: he had...

When they [Annotator's Note: George McGovern and the men on his aircrew] got back to the field they realized they had...

Herman Molen remembers his first mission with Captain Ted Tyler, nicknamed “Hard Luck” Tyler. He did not fly a mission...

After the war, Jack Buckner used the G.I. Bill to go to school. His first child was born, and he was having a tough...

John Geary thought the B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] was a great plane that could...

[Annotator's Note: Dr. Roscoe Brown served in the USAAF as a fighter pilot in the 100th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter...

There was a lot of "oohs and ahhs" at the mission briefing [Annotator's Note: for Victor Fienup's 17 August 1943...

Emile Engles' parents took care to tell their children that when dealing with the Germans, and particularly the Gestapo...

Robert "Bob” Ruiz was sent overseas on a ship in a convoy from New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. The...

Frank Finklang's first combat mission was to bomb Munich [Annotator's Note: Munich, Germany], however the weather was...

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