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John Paul and his crew had flown about five missions when his engineer told him he could not fly anymore. He said that...

After they [Annotator's Note: Malcolm Higgins and his fellow newly liberated prisoners of war, or POWs] got through the...

Thomas Eakes says his time in the service would not be the same now. He was not cut-out for the service. He spent three...

Joseph Pilcher volunteered for the armed forces during World War 2 because he thought it was his duty; he, like...

In Charlotte, North Carolina, Harold Shook was "just a junior birdman," and at the start of his time there witnessed a...

Frank A. Wiswall graduated from aviation school and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in January 1943. He...

After nine months in a prison, William White Brainard [Annotator's Note: who served as a radioman on a Boeing B-17...

Hewitt Brian Gomez's routine missions were to transport secret agents behind enemy lines to help the resistances in...

John Angier had trained in the Boeing B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] Pathfinder,...

Walter Douglas and his crew were given a choice to go on a mission as a spare. They decided to go as a spare. On their...

Ben Kuroki was amazed that he only saw one Japanese Zero [Annotators Note: Mitsubishi A6M fighter aircraft, also known...

Henry Burkle would meet every crew that came back to get the word from the pilot to know what was wrong with the planes...

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