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Enrique Cervantes was highly influenced by his uncle who taught him about life outside of poverty. Simultaneously, he...

Kenneth Beckman trained with one crew prior to being sent overseas, then joined another crew just prior to leaving. He...

Ben Kuroki grew up with Caucasian friends. There were only a few Japanese American families around at the time. The...

An average escort mission would last for 5 to 6 hours but some lasted 7 hours or more. That was a long time to be in a...

John Stanley Lee Swarts' most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his crew did not return from a mission. He...

Frank Curtis McBride enlisted in the Air Force because he wanted to fly. With an abundance of applicants for flight...

Ardel Bollinger did not get along with the Colonel in England. When Bollinger asked for a recommendation to join the...

Marvin Raymond Edwards' most memorable experience of the war was the horrible treatment by the Germans and their cold-...

Jack Buckner enlisted because he was patriotic. It was his duty. He always wanted to fly so it was a great opportunity...

Michael J. "Mike" Pohorilla was born in the coal mining town of Kingston, Pennsylvania in January 1924. Pohorilla...

[Annotator's Note: Edward Nacey joined the US Army Air Forces and was sent to California in 1943.] He was so excited....

Lowell Brueland saw that Germany had its last big gasp during the Battle of the Bulge. His squadron [Annotator’s Note...

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