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The war in the Pacific was over in August 1945. Donald Dean Paynter got out of the service that December. He had...

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

Joseph O'Donnell went to Fallingbostel, XI-B [Annotator's Note: Stalag XI-B in Fallingbostel, Germany; he arrived on 3...

[Annotator's Note: There is background noise throughout this clip. The interviewer asks Jack Sinise where he was when...

[Annotator’s Note: This interview is conducted in a question and answer style]. Russell Engel was a navigator in the...

Ralph Boyer served as a bombardier with the 560th Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force out of...

Thomas Eakes was born in November 1922 in Beaumont [Annotator's Note: Beaumont, Texas]. He had one older brother. His...

Robert "Bob" Rickel had to kick a bomb out of the bomb bay from a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...

Clyde East shot down his second German fighter just prior to the Battle of the Bulge near Frankfurt, Germany. He was on...

John Luckadoo and the other aircrews began receiving heavy fire as soon as they reached the enemy coast. The flak was...

With the 787th Bombardment Squadron, 466th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, Fred A. Stecher was sent overseas to...

The 506th Fighter Squadron [Annotator's Note: 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter Group, 9th Air Force] was called...

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