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The usual aim points for a bombing mission that Maurice Hackler flew were manufacturing, oil and transportation,...

Donald Strait's first victory came when he was escorting B-17s [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy...

Bastogne was very cold. There, Edward Shames' platoon mostly executed patrolling actions. Shames relates that his...

Solis “Sol” Kaslow was born in 1925 [Annotator’s Note: he grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]. His father worked on...

Marvin H. Gohlke knew his wife was the right person after just 13 days. They were married for 65 years. The 94th...

John Angier first met his crew in the spring of 1944 and then went overseas in a brand-new, shiny, silver B-17 [...

Asked to recount the occasion when he was taken prisoner, Joe Pigott recalled that it was after they blew the bridge at...

At 0530 in the morning of 16 December 1944, they were shelled until daybreak then the German guns stopped. John M....

Backing up to his experiences in Eindhoven [Annotator's Note: Eindhoven, Netherlands], Bradford Clark Freeman took no...

For the invasion [Annotator's Note: Operation Dragoon, Provence, Southern France, 15 August 1944], Melbourne Sanford...

In April 1946, Siegfried Weinthal enlisted in the Army because he wanted to return to Europe. After basic training in...

Samuel W. Smith was asked if he would be a lead crew. It would cut down his missions to 30. He would have to have more...

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