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When Martin Richard was inducted into the service, he could choose his branch of service. You could not volunteer, you...

On his first missions, Robert Walker was sent on four-plane flights to drop leaflet bombs over enemy territory. Each...

Olen Grant left the service when his operations had been completed. The army tried to get him stay in the service after...

Donald Bryan got five kills in one day. They had to new K14 sights and it was the first time he had ever fired with one...

Gilbert S. Shawn flew with Jimmy Stewart [Annotator's Note: later US Air Force Brigadier General James "Jimmy" Stewart...

Richard Asbury's favorite aircraft to fly was a toss-up between the P-51 [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang...

By March of 1944, Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter...

Arnol Sellars joined the Air Force Reserve so he could get a deferment [Annotator's Note: postponement of military...

Russell Bretz Linger, Jr. was very happy that the war was over. They had good food on the ship coming home. His wife...

Baynham was based at Tibenham, England where there were numerous airfields that were three or four miles apart. Every...

Frank Ramsey fought in the war because it was something to do. He thinks the United States is a great country. The war...

[Annotator's Note: Floyd Horne was trained as bombardier-navigator on the Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber. His crew...

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