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Clyde East was born in 1921 on a Virginia tobacco farm. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was a share...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Darrell Welch to explain how missions escorting bombers went for him.] They...

[Annotator's Note: Paul Bosworth served in the USAAF as a tail gunner on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber in...

James Kemp McLaughlin remembers that after the bombers got fighter cover everything got easier. A damaged aircraft...

Charles Moore flew to support beleaguered American troops in Bastogne. [Annotator’s Note: relief to the men in...

William McCowen was assigned to a P-61 Black Widow [Annotator's Note: Northrop P-61 Black Widow night fighter aircraft...

John Gibbons has no regrets from his service during the war. He had a very successful career during which he held very...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins in a room with airplane model and other memorabilia around. It sounds as if...

Richard Klenoski was at a rest home [Annotator's Note: a flak house; a designated rest home for American airmen who...

Steve Pisanos decided to return to base. Fuel was an issue on missions. There were incidents of Spitfire pilots having...

Gus Gikas and two other men swam about a mile from the sinking HMT Rhona to the Pioneer [Annotator's Note: USS Pioneer...

The only thing Baynham recalls about any of his missions except for Dessau was the flak.The day after he was shot down...

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