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John Stanley Lee Swarts and his crew received orders to fly overseas to England, making one stop in Iceland. They...

Frank Buschmeier recalls that the March 6th Berlin raid was terrible. The flak was noted for its intensity on that raid...

Paul Bosworth was on a bombing mission just west of Dresden [Annotator's Note: Dresden, Germany]. They would normally...

Herman Molen remembers when they found out they were free. [Annotator’s Note: Molen and others were liberated from a...

Lloyd Burns was on his ninth mission when his airplane was shot down [Annotator's Note: Burns was a pilot in the 598th...

Stephen Ananian flew 63 combat missions. In every major skirmish and dogfight he was in he never got hit. During the...

On returning from the flight that achieved Donald Strait his status as an Ace [Annotator's Note: a fighter pilot with...

Leonard Spivey lived in a combine, which was a group of six prisoners in one living space. They were allowed to stay...

John W. Towle volunteered for the service. He had been attending the University of Tennessee but had a wreck and was...

Frank Curtis McBride was limited in his service [Annotator’s Note: as a result of scar tissue on his lung due to...

Michael J. Pohorilla's ball turret gunner, Herb Baudier [Annotator's Note: Herbert L. Baudier], was a Flamin' Cajun [...

In 1944, after bailing out of his damaged aircraft, Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a bombardier with the 407th...

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