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Norris Morvant was born in February 1924 in Thibodaux, Louisiana and grew up on plantations in nearby L’Abadieville and...

John Gibbons has no regrets from his service during the war. He had a very successful career during which he held very...

Richard Candelaria credits the 8th Air Force for never having been turned back on a mission by enemy action. Enemy...

Paul Hissey flew P-38s [Annotator's Note: Lockheed P-38 Lighting fighter aircraft] during his time in Europe. He...

Henry Lederer was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in March 1920. His father was a watchmaker and jeweler who came to...

James "Jim" L. Brooks was born in January 1921 in Vinton, Virginia which was a rural area. Though his family lived on a...

Eugene Vaadi was born 1 July 1921 Watertown, New York. He spent his life there until entering the military. His father...

Along with his fellow refugees, Robert Sweatt was taken under guard to London, England. A bombardier from his squadron...

Samuel W. Smith was sent to California for preflight school. They were put on a troop train for Santa Ana, California....

To Capers Andrews Holmes, Jr., Colonel Shower [Annotator's Note: US Army Air Forces Colonel Albert J. Shower] as an...

Although Francis Neilson was a war veteran, he was not yet 21 when he got out of the armed services, and couldn’t get a...

John Arch McGill says the war was a terrible waste, in terms of loss of human life, of destruction to communities, and...

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