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Frank William Buschmeier served with the 350th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force during...

Walter Douglas recalled a flight surgeon okayed one of his crewmen for a mission that he was not ready for. He also...

James Pritchett was born in Thomaston, Alabama in 1924, and grew up during the Great Depression. His family "got along...

Robert Harris appreciated being an American much more after his experiences in the Second World War. He had thought...

Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick was assigned as the radio navigator in the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group,...

Herbert Heilbrun flew twin engines in his second stage of flight training. He flew the Cessna Bobcat [Annotator's Note...

John Angier says that once the planes were settled on the bomb run, they could not change positions and the enemy knew...

Ray Garcia and Al Nickels [Annotator's Note: later United States Air Force Colonel Albert B. Nickels] both made the Air...

Thomas Creekmore [Annotator's Note: in the 365th Bombardment Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] stayed...

Richard Candelaria and his German guards were becoming friends. The guards gave him cognac. The guards put him in a van...

[Annotator's Note: Audio is not good throughout this segment.] Marvin Raymond Graham says the German fighter pilots...

Chester Strunk received only half the Red Cross parcels allocated to the prisoners. The Germans supplemented that food...

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