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Louis Cardenas was born in April 1919 in San Antonio, Texas. His father had a good job in the civil service. He was not...

John W. Towle was shot down on 28 February 1944 over Normandy. The news of the war was scarce in occupied France so...

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

Norris Morvant’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was visiting places in England and France. As a young person...

[Annotator's Note: There is a sound of a clock ticking in the background]. Chester Sharp was born in March 1925 in...

James "Jim" L. Brooks [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force] was...

Samuel W. Smith was sent to California for preflight school. They were put on a troop train for Santa Ana, California....

Frank Ramsey [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 368th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force...

Henry Lederer flew 92 missions. That is a lot when you wake up every morning and wonder if you are going to be around...

Robert J. "Bob" Goebel's last mission [Annotator's Note: with the 308th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 12th Air...

Eugene Henry Gierka arrived in Le Havre [Annotator's Note: Le Havre, France] and went to Rouen [Annotator's Note: Rouen...

By the early days of May [Annotator’s Note: May 1945], Clyde East and most Americans knew the war was over. The Allied...

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