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

In July 1944, Richard "Dick" Schneider found himself with an extremely painful wisdom tooth. The dentist had a terrible...

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

[Annotator’s Note: This interview is conducted in a question and answer style]. Russell Engel was a navigator in the...

John T. "Jack" Race does not know how his war experiences influenced his postwar career, except to say that even though...

Frank Buschmeier and his crew had been to Berlin. It was high time to have an easy mission. The guys were told it was...

After World War 2, William McCowen served in the Korean War [Annotator's Note: 1950 to 1953]. Besides a mission that...

On one raid, Bernard Smith remembers a plane behind them burst into flames. His first reaction was that it was pretty....

Robert Wolff was sent to Frankfurt [Annotator’s Note: Frankfurt, Germany]. Wolff had been promoted to first lieutenant...

Richard Klenoski's most memorable World War 2 experience was bailing out of his plane. He put both feet down and his...

Leonard Spivey noted that there was a lot of commotion when they were burrowing through the tunnel. Some of the guys in...

After returning to the United States, Edward Grant remained in the military for some time as an instructor. He was...

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