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Henry Burkle was born in West Monroe, Kansas in September 1921. West Monroe was a coal mining town of immigrants. His...

The day before William Albright's second mission, two B-17s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber...

On 6 June 1944, Gale Ammerman flew out of Membury [Annotator's Note: Royal Air Force Membury, Lambourn, England] from...

Jerome Harold Black was born in November 1921 in Brooklyn, New York. He was eight when, in 1929, his dad bought a dress...

Kenneth Beckman was born in August 1922 in Somerville, Massachusetts. He was raised in Northampton, Massachusetts where...

Irwin Stovroff got the call for service in the military, but it was not the assignment he anticipated. Instead of entry...

On the Memmingen mission, which was the first day after he arrived, the ball turret gunner was killed on another plane...

Virgil Clayton Moen was trained in gliders in the Army Air Corps. Many guys died in glider crashes because they were...

When Rankin arrives at Mitchell Field, [Annotator's Note: Mitchell Field, New York - First Air Force Headquarters] he...

Lowell Brueland became Senior Flight Leader before the Normandy D-Day invasion. He had the opportunity to become the...

Richard Asbury went to Saint-Dizier, France when it was being flooded. He got there expecting to see P-51s [Annotator's...

Willard Haul "Jack" Coop joined the 418th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force in January 1945...

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