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William McCowen's most memorable experience of World War 2 was when a nearby town in Italy captured Mussolini [...

On one mission, Bernard Smith's aircraft was taking off and the left wing began to dip. He got frightened and they hit...

Hewitt Brian Gomez was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in January 1925 with two brothers and two sisters. During the...

When Vernon Grimes sent to Port Moresby, New Guinea [Annotator's Note: as part of the 64th Bombardment Squadron, 43rd...

Archie Maltbie flew one of his last missions of the war against a very large German ammunition dump. There was a huge...

Lloyd Burns enjoyed his time at Barksdale [Annotator's Note: Barksdale Field, now Barksdale Air Force Base, Shreveport...

On 7 December 1941, Robert Haffner and a friend of his borrowed their fathers' cars and rode around Detroit celebrating...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee’s chair makes noise throughout the segment.] After being accepted into the Army Air...

Samuel W. Smith remembers they were attached to the Army. It was the Army Air Corps. In 1949, they started the Air...

[Annotator's Note: Gilbert S. Shawn was a prisoner of war after his aircraft was shot down on 12 April 1944.] After...

Joseph Richard Bernardi, Senior [Annotator's Note: a pilot with the 509th Bombardment Squadron, 351st Bombardment Group...

Frank Buschmeier and his crew were the oldest and most experienced after three missions. Buschmeier and his crew flew...

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