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Lloyd Burns was born in Bossier, Louisiana but grew up in Shreveport, Louisiana during the Great Depression. He had ten...

Vernon Grimes has lost two wives since the war, but never cried over them, despite loving them dearly. He believes his...

William Albright was liberated in May 1945. He never knew what was going to happen from one day to the next and that...

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

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

The thing Steve Pisanos thinks about the most from the war was when he crash landed in France. When he arrived at the...

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

[Annotator's Note: Throughout this clip, a woman off camera interjects with comments.] James Ramsey Golden finally got...

There was a set procedure for ditching an airplane which they had practiced before. Everyone except the pilot and...

Joseph Richard Bernardi, Senior went on a mission to Berlin [Annotator’s Note: Berlin, Germany with the 509th...

Ennis C. Warren was born in Wilmer, Alabama in September 1923. His mother died when he was born. He was raised by his...

Frank William Buschmeier did not stay in the Air Force after the war because his grandmothers did not want him to...

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