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Ettlinger, Harry Segment 4
During World War II it was the Japanese that occupied the Aleutian Islands, part of the United States. The attitude was...
Sapp, Walter Berlin in May 1945
Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany] was almost totally destroyed. That was Hitler's [Annotator's Note: German...
Hurd, Francis The Depression, Being Drafted and Deploying to England
Francis Hurd was born in Woodhall, New York to parents who were farmers. When he was 16 years old he was forced to quit...
Grabhorn, Edgar Mission over France and POW Life
Edgar A. Grabhorn's group [Annotator's Note: 838th Bombardment Squadron, 487th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force]...
McNeely, Walter Reflections of the War
Walter McNeely hated the Neo-Nazi movement in the United States and became fearful that it would be discovered that he...
Higgins, Malcom Two Tough Missions, Schweinfurt and Preparing to Bail Out
They [Annotator's Note: Malcolm Higgins and his crew] did everything they could do to keep their plane in the air after...
Pohorilla, Michael Prewar to Army Air Corps Cadet School
Michael J. "Mike" Pohorilla was born in the coal mining town of Kingston, Pennsylvania in January 1924. Pohorilla...
Geist, Lloyd Three Missions on D-Day
Lloyd Geist's first mission was a sweep over France on 1 May 1944. The mission was uneventful. Geist recalled that he...
Higgins, Malcom Bailing Out, Being Captured and Being a POW
Crismon and Malcolm Higgins talked over what they wanted to do. Higgins told him to go down to the back of the plane...
Pohorilla, Michael Overseas and First Mission
Michael J. "Mike" Pohorilla boarded a converted Italian luxury liner, the Saturnia [Annotator's Note: MS Saturnia], for...
Geist, Lloyd Supporting the Ground Troops
After the invasion of Normandy [Annotator's Note: Normandy, France], Lloyd Geist and his unit [Annotator's Note: 508th...
Yates, Herman Speaking French
Herman Yates unloaded and went through Saint-Lo [Annotator's Note: Saint-Lô, France] and headed down toward Paris [...

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