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On 2 March 1945, Eugene Vaadi and his crew were shot down over Dresden, Germany. Once a prisoner of war, he was...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was liberated on 29 April [Annotator's Note: 29 April 1945]. A pitched battle was fought...

Ralph Boyer served as a bombardier with the 560th Bombardment Squadron, 388th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force out of...

John Stanley Lee Swarts' most memorable experience of World War 2 was when his crew did not return from a mission. He...

Kenneth Beckman trained with one crew prior to being sent overseas, then joined another crew just prior to leaving. He...

Donald Bryan’s last kill was an Arado234. Years later it was discovered that the German pilot flying that plane was on...

Edgar A. Grabhorn's first ten missions [Annotator's Note: as a navigator with the 838th Bombardment Squadron, 487th...

Enrique Cervantes was highly influenced by his uncle who taught him about life outside of poverty. Simultaneously, he...

After Germany surrendered, Marvin Raymond Edwards worked with the OSS [Annotator's Note: Office of Strategic Services;...

Lowell Brueland flew missions on 6 June [Annotator’s Note: 6 June 1944] in Normandy. The first mission was to...

While serving at Tinker Field near Oklahoma City [Annotator's Note: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma], Edward Field had a...

[Annotator's Note: Edward Nacey joined the US Army Air Forces and was sent to California in 1943.] He was so excited....

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