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John K. Ward joined the Army 13 July 1940. He was a recruit for about three months wearing civilian clothes because...

Harold Shook flew on the first 50 missions of his squadron [Annotator's Note: 506th Fighter Squadron, 404th Fighter...

John Sacks learned about the airplane [Annotator's Note: the completely restored Boeing B-17-E heavy bomber named My...

Carl Smith was born in January 1928 in Pittsburg, Georgia. It was a coal mining town. He had three sisters and four...

Walter Douglas took advantage of the G.I. Bill to go to instrument flying school in Virginia and used it to purchase a...

John Howland and his B-17 bomber crewmates were assigned to the 381st Bomb Group based at Ridgewell, England. They...

Frank Buschmeier went to armament school in Denver, Colorado. In Denver, the men were split into training groups for...

John Angier was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft VII-A [Annotator's Note: Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany] STalag VII...

George W. Bachmann, Junior [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner in the 367th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group...

DeQuindre McGlaun [Annotator's Note: with the 333rd Bombardment Squadron, 94th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force]...

John Luckadoo’s crew was the first in the 100th Bombardment Group to complete their 25 mission but Luckadoo was not...

During a mission, Walter Bala's plane was hit over the target. A shell came through the plane and knocked out his...

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