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Charles Childs was born in July 1920 in Arnegard, North Dakota. He did not stay home. He went to school and when he got...

Roland M. Lee encountered flak [Annotator's Note: antiaircraft artillery fire] on most of his missions [Annotator's...

Lowell Brueland had a normal flight training. He graduated in September 1942 and was assigned to the 20th Fighter...

Enrique Cervantes flew about 25 missions over Europe. Although he classified those missions as uneventful, they were...

Olen Grant spent Christmas 1943 in a prison camp. For Grant, the holidays were just like any other day. Some of the...

John Noack came close to washing out one time and that was in basic. One weekend they wanted to go home and see their...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Bud Loring how he got out of his burning aircraft over France.] He just climbed...

Frank Ramsey [Annotator’s Note: serving with the 368th Bombardment Squadron, 306th Bombardment Group, Eighth Air Force...

Richard Asbury went to Saint-Dizier, France when it was being flooded. He got there expecting to see P-51s [Annotator's...

Harley Bridger was a radio operator. He learned to use a lead ball to help with his radio transmitter. The B-24 [...

Eugene W. Chambers found it easy to readjust to civilian life [Annotator's Note: after serving with the Army Air Forces...

Baynham grew up during the Great Depression but doesn't recall life being too bad. After graduating from high school he...

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