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

Flying the B-47 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-47 Sratojet subsonic strategic bomber] was great, according to Joseph...

John T. "Jack" Race received his commission in February 1943. Since he was on detached service with the British [...

Wayne O. Hill thought it was his patriotic duty to go to war. He had to join the Army because of his eyesight. He...

Ardell Bollinger arrived in Europe in July 1943. He was shot down 23 September 1944. Bollinger’s first mission was a “...

Walter Douglas was on a bombardment mission near Berlin, Germany. After he dropped his bombs, he lost one of his...

Vincent Pale would not do anything different if he had to do it all over again. After the war, Germany became America's...

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

Jerome "Jerry" Riga's most vivid memory was his last flight over Bastogne [Annotator's Note: Bastogne, Belgium]. The...

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

John Noack was visited again by the interrogator on the third day. Noack held fast and the interrogator did not ask...

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

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