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Russell Van Matre was born in March 1922 in Elsberry, Missouri with two brothers and two sisters. His grandparents were...

Mack Fitzgerald was a Georgian who enlisted in the Army Air Force after the Pearl Harbor attack. He was trained as a...

In 1983, George W. Bachmann, Junior [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner in the 367th Bombardment Squadron, 306th...

Vernon Alexander only received one fresh water shower during his deployment voyage to Europe. Salt water showers were...

Enrique Cervantes flew about 25 missions over Europe. Although he classified those missions as uneventful, they were...

Lynn Compton knew the Germans were nearby while he and his men stayed in the area. Compton had to go to the listening...

Since they had bonded together in a single place at a single airfield in Germany, Robert Payne and friends continued...

After the war, Earl Flanagan worked for the Military Government because of his ability to speak French. Only two months...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Henry Langrehr to tell him about 29 June 1944.] They were assaulting a series...

Frank Curtis McBride installed the bombsight [Annotator’s Note: Norden bombsight] in the twin engine Martin bombers [...

When they were in the prisoner of war camp in Serbia the Serbs would go out on work details. Milosevich was able to...

Ardell Bollinger arrived in Europe in July 1943. He was shot down 23 September 1944. Bollinger’s first mission was a “...

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