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Clyde East was born in 1921 on a Virginia tobacco farm. He had eight brothers and sisters. His father was a share...

John W. Towle returned home to Tennessee and married his wife in May 1945. Although he had attended the same high...

When Donald Bryan went back to Europe for his second combat tour, he returned to the same squadron. He was the senior...

Alfred Pierse Murphy and his brother were sent to Maxwell Field [Annotator's Note: now Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base...

Robert "Bob” Ruiz [Annotator's Note: a pilot in the 389th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force, stationed in England] flew...

Leonard Spivey notes that the Schweinfurt experience was his major experience in combat. It is considered to be one of...

Robert "Bob" Livingston volunteered for service with the US Army Air Force on 4 September 1942. He was sent to Camp...

Donald Dean Paynter went to Rosecrans Field [Annotator's Note: also called St. Joseph Army Airfield, near St. Joseph,...

Being off of oxygen, you go into hypoxia after three minutes. Joseph O'Donnell pulled his ripcord right away and went...

Wendell Galbraith landed in a yard that was like an apple orchard [Annotator's Note: after being shot down on 22 March...

When John Keema came home, he was by himself. When he left England it was the last time he saw of any of his fellow...

Alfiero Giamberardino started screaming about the war's end when they heard about it on the radio. The British were on...

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