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Smith, Eben POW Experience
Captured after bailing out of his flak damaged B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber], Eben...
Payne, Carl Entrance into Service
Carl Payne heard about Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 7 December 1941]...
Alter, Joseph Forming a Battalion
After being commissioned, Joseph Alter was sent to Camp Beale, California [Annotator's Note: now Beale Air Force Base...
Hirschmann, Peter Military Service and Capture
Peter Hirschmann was sent to Fort Dix [Annotator's Note: now Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in Trenton, New Jersey]...
(Reaves) Pescatore, Josephine Becoming an Army Nurse
Josephine Reeves was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in April 1919. Growing up, Reeves attended the West Catholic...
Heller, Robert Forming a Crew
The ten member B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] crew that Robert Heller joined was...
Harned, Harley Enlisting in the Service
In October [Annotator’s Note: of 1942], Harley Harned turned 18. Not long after, his friends made the decision to sign...
Gatewood, Otis Pearl Harbor, the Draft and Action in Europe
The ongoing hostilities in Europe and Japan were not discussed in Otis Gatewood's circles until Japan attacked Pearl...
Bell, Harry In Enemy Hands
Harry Bell could not believe that they were surrendering. They had not fired a shot since leaving the front lines. The...
Baum, Irving Captured in France
In 1944, after bailing out of his damaged aircraft, Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a bombardier with the 407th...
Gile, Richard The Bulge and War’s End
Richard Edward Gile fought in the Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter...

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