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Clyde East and his wingman engaged four enemy fighters as they flew along a railroad they were assigned to observe. His...

For James "Jim" L. Brooks' [Annotator's Note: a pilot with 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force]...

James Elduff [Annotator’s Note: while serving as a pilot flying Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bombers with the...

William Colgan served overseas with the 79th Fighter Squadron, 86th Fighter Group, 12th Air Force and flew in P-40s [...

Louis Cardenas had to bail out of the plane. [Annotator’s Note: Cardenas is referring to his plane getting shot down in...

Eugene Vaadi enlisted in the US Army Air Forces at age 20 and was sent to Maxwell Field in Montgomery, Alabama for...

Francis Neilson recalled one mission when one of their engines had gone out over the Adriatic Sea. When the second...

Paul Hissey was a replacement pilot for the squadron [Annotator's Note: 429th Fighter Squadron, 474th Fighter Group,...

John Arch McGill was stationed in Naples [Annotator's Note: Naples, Italy]. His outfit [Annotator's Note: 34th Air...

[Annotator's Note: There is a sound of a clock ticking in the background]. Chester Sharp's most memorable experience...

Eugene Henry Gierka was born in August 1924 in Albany, New York. His parents came from Poland. His father ran a butcher...

Robert Bueker was born in July 1924 in Omaha, Nebraska. He finished high school in 1942. [Annotator's Note: The...

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