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Learning how to fly was quite a job for Bud Loring. He had never flown before in his life. They had civilian...

Baynham grew up during the Great Depression but doesn't recall life being too bad. After graduating from high school he...

Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...

When John Arch McGill arrived in California, he didn't know much about what he would be doing. He learned that each...

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

Albion Kenneth Hutcherson's [Annotator’s Note: a radioman with the 335th Bombardment Squadron, 95th Bombardment Group,...

Eugene Vaadi was born 1 July 1921 Watertown, New York. He spent his life there until entering the military. His father...

Ploesti [Annotator's Note: Ploesti, Romania] was different from the other targets that Robert J. "Bob" Goebel flew...

Lorcey J. Sonnier was born in May 1924. During the Great Depression, he did not have shoes. The town did not have roads...

Linwood S. Inscoe was in Memphis, Tennessee on VJ-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory Over Japan Day, 15 August 1945]. He...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. remembers the mission flown to Vienna [Annotator's Note: Vienna, Austria]. Although the 8th...

[Annotator’s Note: There is background noise throughout this segment.] William Isham Davis [Annotator’s Note: serving...

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