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Alfred Pierse Murphy was born in Dublin, Ireland in May 1922. He celebrated his third birthday on the boat taking him...

Robert "Bob" Livingston was born in March 1923 in Far Rockaway, New York during a blizzard. He was not a good student...

Mack Fitzgerald was a 4th generation Irishman who was born and raised in Fitzgerald, Georgia. His father was a farmer....

The Air Force sent Hewitt Brian Gomez to Nashville, Tennessee to be tested for placement. Because of his height, he was...

Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. was drafted and sworn into the army in July 1942. After taking aptitude tests, he was...

Dr. Roscoe Brown feels that Washington D.C. was an ambivalent city when it came to race. When they got to Virginia they...

Donald Dean Paynter always had problems with his heated suit and would be freezing. He would have to go on oxygen at 12...

Alfiero Giamberardino was born in May 1936 near Rome [Annotator's Note: Rome, Italy]. The American and British bombers...

Glen Jostad bailed out of his damaged Boeing B-17 heavy bomber and had a German fighter pass twice around him with the...

Richard Tangradi’s missions lasted about eight hours [Annotator’s Note: while serving with the 349th Bombardment...

Stalag Luft was for airmen only. Luft is the German word for air. There were 8000 or 10000 of them there. There were...

Irving Baum learned the value of life [Annotator's Note: from his World War 2 experiences]. Everybody needs help...

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