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Chester L. Talley was born in Idaho in 1921. He grew up with one older brother and one older sister. His father was a...

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...

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

William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the Strategic Air Command of the US Air Force] said he was not going to...

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

Kassal recalls the 12th Tactical Air Command's headquarters were setup at Caserta, just north of Naples. They were...

William Banghart went with the 64th Fighter Wing. He was in several different outfits. In the letters he wrote, he put...

Frank Finklang's most memorable experience of the war was when he found out that his crew members were missing in...

Raymond Cauble was born in Blue Island, Illinois in February 1918. His father was a carpenter and contractor. He was...

Alexander Jefferson worked in the post office after school when he returned home from war. Jefferson discovered that...

Thomas W. Stevenson Jr. believes there should be institutions like the National WWII Museum [Annotator's Note: The...

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