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Early on, William Patrick Bonelli had to teach the pilot about flying, which he believes lead to him not being asked to...

Ralph Francis Hogan landed in a farm field after bailing out of his plane. Initially when he landed, he thought he...

Harold Gournay flew out of Italy for 18 or 19 missions [Annotator's Note: Gournay served in the USAAF as a waist gunner...

Bernard Peters lost his hearing completely in one ear so he had to get out of the service. He went to work for a...

Monroe S. Wolyn told the German officer he was Jewish. The officer said he would take his head off. He was taken to...

Assigned as a B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] pilot, Eben Smith arrived first in...

Richard Henry Hamilton was liberated by some Russians after being on a march for over 70 days. Hamilton recalled...

John Luckadoo does not believe that long range fighter protection was possible in the early stages of the war. They...

Frank Buschmeier was put into a big room on the first night. All night long guys were coming in and were trying to find...

Walter Bala completed 35 missions before he returned home. He had one mission where he thought for sure he was going to...

Wallace Jeffery entered service after receipt of his draft notice. He signed up at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. [...

Norris Morvant served in France [Annotator’s Note: with the 89th Station Complement Squadron] delivering supplies along...

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