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They were interrogated in Frankfurt. They were only supposed to tell them name, rank, and serial number. A German...

Donald E. Casey was captured by German soldiers [Annotator’s Note: after his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber...

[Annotator's Note: Floyd Horne enlisted in the Army Air Forces at Chanute Field in Champaign County, Illinois in July...

After ditching his plane [Annotator's Note: on 12 April 1944 over Perwez, Belgium], Gilbert S. Shawn worked with the...

[Annotator's Note: Paul Bosworth served in the USAAF as a tail gunner on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber in...

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

In August 1944, Archie Maltbie had a mission against a bridge across the Seine River. Fragments of German units were...

Arnol Sellars was in the hospital when President Roosevelt [Annotator's Note: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President...

To John Gibbons none of the missions he flew were as bad as the 19 March mission [Annotators Note: the 19 March 1944...

After the surrender of Japan, Erico J. Catalano became a buck sergeant [Annotator's Note: the lowest rank of sergeant...

Lloyd Burns was forced to walk with other prisoners for seven days. They slept in barns at night and traveled during...

John W. Towle spent time in Scotland after arriving from the United States on the Queen Elizabeth. He rode a train from...

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