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Samuel W. Smith wanted to join the Air Corps as an aviation cadet. In 1942, Smith convinced his mother to sign his...

Louis Cardenas jumped out of his aircraft and kept his senses about him. [Annotator’s Note: Cardenas had to bail out of...

Carrol Joy moved from England to France in July [Annotator’s Note: July 1944]. Afterward, his squadron would be in...

William McCowen was assigned to a P-61 Black Widow [Annotator's Note: Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter aircraft...

The usual aim points for a bombing mission that Maurice Hackler flew were manufacturing, oil and transportation,...

Eugene Henry Gierka was born in August 1924 in Albany, New York. His parents came from Poland. His father ran a butcher...

Robert W. Paschal was trained to hate the Germans and the Japanese so that troops would not have a problem shooting at...

Kenneth R. Williams was born in Alton, Illinois in March 1922. He was an only child. He grew up in Illinois and Ohio....

Eugene W. Chambers' mission [Annotator's Note: while serving with the 406th Night Leaflet Squadron, 492nd Bombardment...

[Annotator's Note: Virgil Clayton Moen served in the US Army Air Forces as a Waco CG-4 glider pilot in the 72nd Troop...

Ryan O'Brien crashed on 10 December 1944. O'Brien had been sent to lead navigator school. He flew a lot in the lead...

Vernon Grimes was born in May 1921 in Wichita [Annotator's Note: Wichita, Kansas]. He grew up with a sister in various...

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