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Joel Urice was a leading NCO [Annotator's Note: noncommissioned officer] on the troop carrier. It took 13 days to get...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Doolan was captured and taken to Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands, along with his copilot...

On Martin Richard's last mission, the British were pinned down on the beachhead around Caen [Annotator's Note: Caen,...

On 20 October 1942, Robert "Bob" Rickel began his military experience at Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: in Trenton, New...

Lysander "Ben" Neighbors was born in February 1922 in Avinger, Texas and grew up in different locations. They moved to...

Joseph Pilcher said that when the war ended in Europe, it seemed like every aircraft in the 9th Air Force went airborne...

John Noack notes that everything was fine that day. They had escort until they had to turn back. The fighters reached...

John Francis Angier was born in June 1923 in Burlington, Vermont. He feels fortunate he was brought up on a dairy farm...

When the draft began in 1942, everyone from the ages 17 and a half to 35 years old had to sign up. Roberto "Bob” Ruiz...

An average escort mission would last for 5 to 6 hours but some lasted 7 hours or more. That was a long time to be in a...

Victor Fienup went to Paris [Annotator's Note: Paris, France] on V-E Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8...

[Annotator’s Note: A cell phone dings throughout the segment.] George E. Budlong’s most memorable experience of World...

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