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Jack Rolfson born in September 1921 in Omaha, Nebraska. He grew up in the city, went to school, and would ride his bike...

James McDermott does not think the Japanese surrender affected him as much as the war in Europe ending did because he...

When tunneling Tom, Dick, and Harry [Annotator's Note: Tom, Dick, and Harry were the codenames for the tunnels being...

James Siracuse could hear the ammunition train he bombed exploding in the distance. Every time there was an explosion...

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

Joel Urice vividly remembers the belongings of the crews who did not make it back from Hamburg [Annotator’s Note:...

Earl Forstall remembers another time a plane came back with a lot of hits. The right wing had taken a direct hit. He...

Robert W. Paschal and his crew [Annotator’s Note: serving in the 613th Bombardment Squadron, 401st Bombardment Group]...

After the war, Edward Field was given the task of flying ground troops home via France and North Africa. He was later...

[Annotator’s Note: The interviewee knocks on the table throughout this segment.] Norman Cook served with the 856th...

For Alfred Pierse Murphy, the most difficult part of succeeding in a bombing mission was the flak [Annotator's Note:...

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