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James Read Kirk got out of the war as a staff sergeant in September 1945. He immediately went to college. He used the...

Of all the ground crew personnel, Edwin Sved recalled only one with whom his crew got close. He told the tale of a...

To Dr. Roscoe Brown, strafing missions were more dangerous than bomber escort missions because they [Annotator's Note:...

William McCowen was born in 1926 in Elmsford, New York. During the Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great Depression...

Kassal enlisted in January of 1942 and was assigned to the Army Air Forces. He was sent to Camp Upton at Yaphank, Long...

Albert Porche served in Italy with the 99th Fighter Squadron. The 99th was issued light training aircraft after months...

John Lawler was born in September 1921 in Baltimore [Annotator's Note: Baltimore, Maryland] with three brothers and...

Frank Finklang was put with experienced crews for nine missions, and then his original crew was reformed to fly their...

Alexander Jefferson survived the horrible conditions of Stalag Luft VII-A [Annotator's Note: Moosburg, Germany]....

Robert Tyler Oakes recalls that the prisoners had a homemade radio that they hid from the German guards while he was in...

In May 1944, Thomas W. Stevenson Jr. completed all of his training and shipped out for Foggia, Italy where he joined...

Sent to Keesler Field in Biloxi, Mississippi, Frederick Amore spent two months in basic training before volunteering to...

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