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The fog in England was so bad that Alfred Pierse Murphy ran into a parked jeep on his return to the base from the PX [...

They went aboard the HMS Queen Elizabeth in New York. The ship was full. Some of the men had been waiting aboard for a...

Gilbert Shawn was not shipped to basic training. Instead, he went to an air field in Kentucky as a cadet. Shawn took a...

Eugene W. Chambers found it easy to readjust to civilian life [Annotator's Note: after serving with the Army Air Forces...

Edward Nickerson remembers little black puffs of smoke on a mission when they were shooting at him. He remembers...

When Clayton Kelly Gross returned to his unit after his 30 day leave, they were flying the Mustang and he flew it long...

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

On trip after the winter weather started to move in, they were briefed to a 50 knot head wind. They were in formation....

When Lowell Brueland changed from Mustangs [Annotator’s Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] to...

First Lieutenant Lloyd Reese flew 11 missions as a bombardier on a B-24 for the 67th Bombardment Squadron, 44th...

Joseph Richard Bernardi, Senior flew formation over the Gulf of Mexico when he was sent to Alexandria, Louisiana. They...

Erico J. Catalano left the United States for Europe in July 1943 on a Liberty ship [Annotator's Note: a class of...

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