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Samuel W. Smith wanted to join the Air Corps as an aviation cadet. In 1942, Smith convinced his mother to sign his...

Vincent Pale would not do anything different if he had to do it all over again. After the war, Germany became America's...

Frank Ramsey [Annotator’s Note: stationed in England with the 368th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group,...

Robert Wolff was called to active duty on 29 April 1942. He went to a class in Santa Ana [Annotator’s Note: Santa Ana,...

Richard Asbury flew 126 missions in the war. He only got into fights six times. He thought he was unlucky in...

[Annotator's Note: Chester Brewer served in the USAAF as a tail gunner aboard Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers...

Kenneth R. Williams was born in Alton, Illinois in March 1922. He was an only child. He grew up in Illinois and Ohio....

John Howland had taken flight courses and was ready to join the Air Force but was restricted from becoming a pilot...

John Angier explained that the Luftwaffe [Annotator's Note: German Air Force] would try to catch the bombers right...

James Eyre Wainwright was sent to Kearns, Utah and then to Santa Ana [Annotator's Note: Santa Ana, California] for...

Robert Bueker flew 23 missions [Annotator's Note: with the 454th Bombardment Group, 15th Air Force]. [Annotator's Note...

McKee slept in the Frenchman's hayloft over night and suffered from his wounded back [Annotators Note: after bailing...

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