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Eugene Henry Gierka was born in August 1924 in Albany, New York. His parents came from Poland. His father ran a butcher...

Following his duty at McConnell Airbase in Wichita, Kansas, Enrique Cervantes was assigned to test aircraft in the...

Harley Bridger entered the Army Air Corps in June 1943 at Camp Robinson in Little Rock [Annotator's Note: Little Rock,...

John T. "Jack" Race does not know how his war experiences influenced his postwar career, except to say that even though...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was born February 1924 in Memphis, Tennessee. His family was in the bakery and restaurant...

Samuel W. Smith remembers his flight engineer telling him that he dropped a screwdriver in the oil chamber. The B-24 [...

Ben Epstein reiterated that his mother's influence, and her mantra "Don't ever give up," saved his life the night the...

Richard Klenoski served because he was drafted. He told them they were going to pay, and they still are. For the most...

Lewis Thomas Easterling flew his last mission on 17 December 1944. One of the squadrons found a whole group of trains...

Ennis C. Warren and his crew had an experienced officer fly their airplane on the first combat mission [Annotator’s...

Gatewood led his squadron on his fourth mission. At 1 point during the raid he was all by himself and had to pull up to...

In the Summer of 1944, John J. Connelly served with the 44th Bombardment Group [Annotator’s Note: 44th Bombardment...

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