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Edwin Sved was born in February 1924 in New York, New York and grew up through difficult times in a caring family. He...

A friend of Hollomans in a MATS [Annotator's Note: Military Air Transport Service] unit needed an operations officer....

Holloman returned to active duty with the stipulation that he be retained for five years so he could retire. The army...

In Italy, William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a member of the US Army Air Forces] would only see Italians when he was...

Albert Porche and the 99th Fighter Squadron landed in North Africa. [Annotator's Note: The 99th Fighter Squadron was an...

Alexander Jefferson volunteered for service in order to avoid the draft. If he had been drafted he would have been a...

John Lawler never doubted the United States would win the war, but did not know how long it would take. He received...

Frank Finklang had intentions to go to pilot training but learned that the Air Force closed pilot school. He decided to...

Robert Tyler Oakes was pushed and shoved around by the villagers after being captured after bailing out of his plane....

By the time Barney Old Coyote got out of the service the letter [Annotators Note: see Barney Old Coyote Segment 1] had...

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

When he was overseas, Frederick Amore was servicing mostly C-46s [Annotator's Note: Curtiss C-46 Commando transport...

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