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William White Brainard was born in East Orange, New Jersey in 1922. He grew up with one brother and two sisters. His...

John T. "Jack" Race had to go through training to become an officer and to take a flight test to qualify him for a...

Rankin had his own plush Gooney Bird [Annotator's Note: nickname for Douglas C-47 "Skytrain" transport aircraft] in...

Jerome Harold Black traveled with Hollywood [Annotator's Note: Hollywood, California] people and got to know a bunch of...

Aubrey Bradley was born in October 1923 in Blue Mound, Kansas. When he was 18 and attending the University of Kansas,...

[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman joined the Navy on 18 August 1937.] Whitman really enjoyed the Navy and had a hard...

During the mission of 10 January [Annotator's Note: 10 January 1945], Walter Bala's plane was returning to base when it...

After Carrol Joy arrived in England, he was sent by train to Ashford Kent. They may have been the closest base to the...

Ralph Francis Hogan was a staff sergeant when he was discharged at Camp Shelby, Mississippi. He was stationed at...

Paul Roach was a city engineer. He was in the reserves for two weeks in the summer. He was taking classes in command...

Jerome "Jerry" Riga completed over 40 missions [Annotator's Note: as a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot] in...

Maurice Hackler's final mission gave him some concern. The departure of his pilot after Hackler's 30th mission meant...

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