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Herbert Heilbrun wore long johns under woolen pants with a warm shirt under a Mae West [Annotator's Note: inflatable...

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

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

Robert Rans' first impression of the B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] was that it was...

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

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John Paul what it was like to see Berlin, Germany as the target for the first...

Jerome "Jerry" Riga completed over 40 missions [Annotator's Note: as a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot] in...

Darrell Welch returned to the 4th Air Force in San Francisco [Annotator's Note: San Francisco, California], and was...

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

Omer Van Huylenbrouck went on his first combat mission with a different crew. It was nothing exciting. [Annotator's...

Robert Kenneth “Bob” Boehm graduated from high school and turned 18, but had no thoughts about going to college or...

Lloyd Geist contributes his military and career success to his basic flying instructor, who taught him to feel the...

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