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When the war ended in Europe, Homer Cole was sent to Alexandria, Louisiana to begin training on B-29s [Annotator's Note...

At Sioux City, the ground crew was completing their training and going on last leaves. One day, the first sergeant...

Following their liberation, Glen Jostad and over 100,000 other POWs were gather together and eventually flown out for...

After the D-Day related transport flights, Robert Harris was assigned to a mission that never transpired. His...

Jack Sinise arrived in England in January 1944 [Annotator's Note: and joined the 379th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...

John Noack notes that it was a sad day when they returned to base. Everyone was down about it. Too many of the guys...

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

Clayton Kelly Gross had to make an emergency landing on Omaha Beach before he went home. He flew a mission over the...

Chester Brewer joined the Army Air Corps and was sent to Midland-Odessa [Annotator's Note: Midland-Odessa, Texas] and...

Robert "Bob" Rickel does not recall the mission to Stuttgart [Annotator's Note: Stuttgart, Germany with the 524th...

Leahr believes that young people should be taught about what men like him went through. The racism and segregation he...

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

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