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Chester Brewer saw his first person bail out on his first mission. The plane alongside of them was on fire. They had a...

William Colgan served overseas with the 79th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force and flew in P-40s [...

Darrell D. Gust has been a student of the 8th Air Force since he left service. Its growth has been phenomenal. He left...

Ari Phoutrides's only thought of that day [Annotator's Note: a kamikaze attack on 15 to 16 April 1945] was that it was...

M. Edward Melton thought the end of the war was simple. They were fighting old men instead of young men. They liberated...

Wilbur Thomas felt that World War 2 did not change his life but opened his eyes to new experiences. Thomas remarks that...

On 8 April [Annotator's Note: 8 April 1944] they got a red flag in the area and they knew they were getting ready to go...

Fred Whitaker was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His family lived in a working-class community. His maternal...

On the last mission that Maurice Hackler flew over Ludwigshafen [Annotator's Note: Ludwigshafen, Germany], his aircraft...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Delbert Wombacher to talk about the 4th Cavalry Regiment's transition away from...

Irwin Stovroff reminds people that freedom is not free. The volunteers in the military who serve today often have to...

Harold Watters was born in Mobile [Annotator's Note: Mobile, Alabama] in July 1922. He grew up in Mobile during the...

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