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Grant, Edward Overseas Deployment
After receiving his commission, Edward Grant worked in Florida as a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...
Smith, Bernard Returning Home
[Annotator's Note: Bernard Smith flew his final five missions with "bastard" crews or crews made of men who did not...
Edwards, Marvin Closing Thoughts
Marvin Raymond Edwards' most memorable experience of the war was the horrible treatment by the Germans and their cold-...
O'Brien, Ryan Reflections
Ryan O’Brien's most memorable experience was when the Messerschmitts [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-109 or...
Walker, Robert Battle of the Bulge
On his first missions, Robert Walker was sent on four-plane flights to drop leaflet bombs over enemy territory. Each...
Platkin, Carl Close Calls
Carl Platkin remembers they could not do anything about the flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire]. They...
Haffner, Robert Moving through the Netherlands
[Annotator's Note: Robert Haffner served in the Army as a truck driver in Company A, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion...
Howard, William Entrance into Service
William Howard was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1921. He lived in Fort Worth until he was 11 years old then they moved...
Paulk, William Reflections
William Morris Paulk was relieved to return home and adjusted back to civilian life with ease. He wanted to go back to...
McDonald, Robert Cooking for Glider Crews
Robert W. McDonald [Annotator's Note: serving in the US Eighth Air Force] pulled detail one night as the kitchen ran 24...
Vaadi, Eugene Surviving As A Prisoner
On 2 March 1945, Eugene Vaadi and his crew were shot down over Dresden, Germany. Once a prisoner of war, he was...

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