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Oscar Johnson was taken to Frankfurt after being held in Bonn for a short time. All he gave the enemy was his name,...

John T. "Jack" Race received his commission in February 1943. Since he was on detached service with the British [...

During the day on 30 April 1945, they [Annotator's Note: John Sacks and his fellow prisoners in Stalag Luft I] were...

Eben Smith was born in August 1923 in Pasadena, California. He remembers his childhood as being unremarkable; his...

In France, Norris Morvant used his knowledge of the French language to act as a translator. He has many good memories...

The Russians [Annotator's Note: who liberated Baynham and others at Stalag Luft I prisoner of war camp] had a tank with...

Jerome "Jerry" Riga's most vivid memory was his last flight over Bastogne [Annotator's Note: Bastogne, Belgium]. The...

[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman bailed out of his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber over Vienna, Austria on 13...

Carrol Joy moved from England to France in July [Annotator’s Note: July 1944]. Afterward, his squadron would be in...

[Annotator’s Note: This interview is conducted in a question and answer style]. Russell Engel was a navigator in the...

For James "Jim" L. Brooks' [Annotator's Note: a pilot with 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force]...

William Albright enlisted in the Army Air Corps because he wanted to fly, even though he had never flown before. He had...

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