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Earl Forstall remembers another time a plane came back with a lot of hits. The right wing had taken a direct hit. He...

Robert Rans was born in Chicago, Illinois in April 1921. Family life was mostly normal until the war started. He worked...

Henry Burkle went to the ballistic missile command in California, and then he did top secret contract work. He wanted...

Jack Rolfson does not recall having any burial services for fallen men in his squadron [Annotator's Note: 427th...

Glen Jostad was moved to Stalag IV after being evacuated from Stalag VI. Things got much tougher as the pressure drew...

In his discussion of his first tour of duty, Kenneth Beckman shares an anecdote about his 25th mission. [Annotator's...

Robert W. Paschal and his crew [Annotator’s Note: serving in the 613th Bombardment Squadron, 401st Bombardment Group]...

[Annotator's Note: John Paul served in the US Army Air Forces as a pilot flying Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy...

Harold Shook was born in April 1920 in Portland, Oregon, one of two children born to his mother, who died when he was...

[Annotator's Note: The interview begins with Vincent Pale showing the interviewer a shadow box containing the...

After the Holland invasion [Annotator's Note: Operation Market Garden, Netherlands, 17 to 25 September 1944] partly...

John Noack notes that it was a sad day when they returned to base. Everyone was down about it. Too many of the guys...

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