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Floyd Horne was born in Bowersville, Ohio in February 1922. He spent the first 18 years of life there until July 1940...

Each crew had a tent to themselves. In the 483rd Group [Annotators Note: Bombardment group] there were about 20 tents....

Samuel W. Smith went to the landing strip right outside of England to prepare to leave for the United States. The next...

Gilbert S. Shawn was born in 1921 in New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. He grew up in Manhattan [...

Erico J. Catalano witnessed several plane crashes in mid-air or as they tried to land. There were close calls where the...

Frank William Buschmeier served with the 350th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force during...

Lloyd Burns had to bail out of his plane. When he jumped out, he blacked out right after he pulled his ripcord. His...

Rankin left McChord Field on 14 July 1942 and arrived in Santa Ana, California in 15 July 1942 for preflight training....

In the summer of 1944, John J. Connelly was serving with the 44th Bombardment Group [Annotator’s Note: 44th Bombardment...

Olen Grant only had one surgery while he was in Austria. In the hospital room Grant was in there were three Americans...

Joseph Geary's baptism by fire was by flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire]. He realized that the bursts...

Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick was assigned as the radio navigator in the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group,...

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