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John J. Connelly was captured by Germans when he bailed out of his plane and was transferred to Stalag Luft IV [...

Joseph Richard Bernardi, Senior was assigned to the 351st Bomb Group [Annotator's Note: 509th Bombardment Squadron,...

John Noack called the base and they sent some trucks in to pick them up. They were in a new base which was a mudhole....

Glen Jostad was a radio man and gunner on a Boeing B-17 heavy bomber. He flew multiple missions against German...

William McCowen signed on to a crew for the Korean War [Annotator's Note: 1950 to 1953] and was sent overseas to Kadena...

Henry Lederer knew from his training in the P-47 [Annotator's Note: Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter aircraft] that he...

Baynham recalls writing a couple of postcards per month. His folks wrote a lot but he only received a couple of letters...

Chester J. Butcher was resting and listening to the radio [Annotator's Note: at the United States Military Academy in...

Alexander Jefferson listened to the BBC radio at the POW camp, but had no idea about the landings in Southern France....

Ryan O’Brien's most memorable experience was when the Messerschmitts [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-109 or...

Bernard Knese was born in Meppen, Illinois near St. Louis, Missouri in May 1924. He grew up in a farming community....

George Grugett was born in McConnell, Tennessee which no longer exists. His father worked for the railroad. He moved...

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