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As a kid, Edwin Sved was interested in model airplanes and flying. He remembers how overwhelming it was to see the new...

Avon is 60 miles south of Mitchell, South Dakota. George McGovern spent the first three years of his life in Avon. He...

James Read Kirk's last mission [Annotator's Note: with the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group, 15th Air...

Barney Old Coyote and his brother were able to interview other Crows who served during the war in the late 1940s. They...

Albert Porche began his typical day as a fighter armorer by having breakfast and then going to look on the board where...

After contracting polio [Annotator's Note: poliomyelitis, an infectious disease that affects the central nervous system...

Robert Tyler Oakes easily adjusted to civilian life. He was glad to be home. He does not recall any posttraumatic...

[Annotator’s Note: There is white noise in the background throughout the segment.] When he went into service, Theodore...

Frank Finklang was born in April 1924 in Saint Louis [Annotator's Note: Saint Louis, Missouri]. He served with the...

The first plane Dr. Roscoe Brown shot down was a Me-262 [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter...

Raymond Cauble had to leave his wife in Tampa [Annotator's Note: Tampa, Florida] when he went up to Smyrna [Annotator's...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear paper ruffling, seats squeaking, and people in the background throughout this segment.]...

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