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Hewitt Brian Gomez and his crew [Annotator's Note: 857th Bombardment Squadron, 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional)]...

Lloyd Burns had to bail out of his plane. When he jumped out, he blacked out right after he pulled his ripcord. His...

When Richard Candelaria returned to base he did rolls to signify his victories. The crew chiefs could tell that the...

Chester J. Butcher was sent overseas to England [Annotator's Note: with the 357th Fighter Squadron, 355th Fighter Group...

[Annotator's Note: There is a sound of a clock ticking in the background]. After being assigned to an air crew, Chester...

The 85 gallon fuselage tank [Annotator's Note: on the North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] was an afterthought...

[Annotator’s Note: Birds chirping in the background is audible throughout this segment.] Edwin B. Cottrell was in...

After James Siracuse was shot down he lost track of his friend Petey. Siracuse ended up in Jackson, Mississippi after...

Paul Hissey was born in 1922 in Chelsea, Massachusetts. His father was a Navy man who served in World War 1. His family...

While a prisoner of war in Timisu, Romania, Robert Rans was somewhat aware of the significance of the raid on Ploesti [...

Henry Lederer says that over 600,000 people were killed in the Civil War. [Annotator's Note: American Civil War, 1861...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was taken by train to Frankfurt [Annotator's Note: Frankfurt, Germany] with his crew and...

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