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Robert Sweatt was born in May 1922 in Lovington, New Mexico, one of six children of a county commissioner. He came up...

During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great Depression, a global economic depression that lasted from 1929...

George Grugett had read and studied history. He was amazed at what he saw, especially in cities like Rome [Annotator's...

Marvin Raymond Edwards [Annotator's Note: with the 856th Bombardment Squadron, 492nd Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force]...

Lysander "Ben" Neighbors [Annotator's Note: stationed in Duxford, England with the 14th Fighter Group] serviced P-47s [...

Monroe S. Wolyn ended up flat on the floor of the plane. He heard a loud bang. He could not move. The wing had blown...

Herbert Heilbrun was not working the day Pearl Harbor occurred [Annotator's Note: on 7 December 1941]. On that Sunday...

Frank Curtis McBride was born in Kingston, New York in August 1920. He grew up in Shreveport [Annotator’s Note:...

Steve Pisanos made his way into some nearby woods. The German troops followed him in calling for him to give himself up...

Stephen Ananian's first combat mission was a ramrod mission, one where fighters escort bombers. Cowboys in the old days...

Gerald Auerbach was born in New York City [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York] in 1924. Because of the Great...

Frank Dolsen [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] bailed out...

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