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[Annotator's Note: Wilhelm Gehlen was a boy growing up in Viersen, Germany during World War 2.]. Wilhelm Gehlen...

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

While serving at Tinker Field near Oklahoma City [Annotator's Note: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma], Edward Field had a...

Teddy Kirkpatrick continues recounting several of the missions he flew as a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying...

Enrique Cervantes flew about 25 missions over Europe. Although he classified those missions as uneventful, they were...

[Annotator's Note: There is a background humming noise throughout this interview.] Edwin “Pete” Goldberg reached a...

Herbert Heilbrun did not care which theater he fought in as long as he was a part of the war. He got into training late...

[Annotator's Note: Donald Dean Paynter arrived England around the middle of June 1944]. They started training there. He...

There were roughly 36 planes in each mission from the base [Annotator's Note: Royal Air Force Thurleigh in Thurleigh,...

Jack Rolfson does not recall having any burial services for fallen men in his squadron [Annotator's Note: 427th...

Samuel W. Smith got the B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] up to top speed and buzzed...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was transported by passenger train to Stalag Luft III [Annotator's Note: Stalag Luft III in...

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