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Most of Bernard Smith's missions were to railroad marshalling yards. [Annotator's Note: SMith walks off camera for a...

William McCowen had little interaction with the local population while stationed at a replacement depot outside of...

Robert Wolff was given a new plane in Kearney [Annotator’s Note: Kearney, Nebraska], and from there they went to Maine...

Edward Grant flew his first mission in March 1945. He took for granted that he might be shot down. His airfield did not...

Vernon Grimes was sent to San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], where he boarded a troop ship....

Irwin Stovroff experienced interrogation by the Germans after his capture. The enemy thought the American airman knew...

George E. Budlong reported for induction at Fort Devens, Massachusetts and was assigned to a unit consisting of guys...

Robert Haffner was born in November 1924 on the eastern side of Detroit, Michigan. Haffner remembers growing up in a...

Frank Ramsey had gunnery training in Arizona. They shot a lot of skeet. They had .30 caliber machine guns [Annotator's...

George Roberts and his crewmates knew ahead of time if they were flying the next day. On the night of 7 October [...

Ryan O'Brien returned to his same crew after being hospitalized for an injury in a crash. His 35th mission was his last...

Russell Bretz Linger, Jr. would be woken up in the morning, go get breakfast, and then be briefed. They were shown maps...

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