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[Annotator's Note: Interview begins mid-conversation.] Herbert Heilbrun was waiting for his crew in Salt Lake City when...

Samuel W. Smith was sent to Lincoln, Nebraska to pick up his combat crew. When he got there, he ran into his friend...

Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was called up in February 1943 and sent to Miami [Annotator's Note: Miami, Florida] for...

Richard Candelaria waited until dark then took off. He was armed with a .45 pistol that he tied around his neck to keep...

Kenneth R. Williams [Annotator’s Note: a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot in the 355th Fighter Group, 354th...

Lewis Thomas Easterling flew his last mission on 17 December 1944. One of the squadrons found a whole group of trains...

Robert J. "Bob" Goebel was born in Racine, Wisconsin. He attended school there. He did not have any college when Pearl...

Wilfred Lawrence Weseman grew up during the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: the Great Depression was a global...

George Roberts and his crewmates knew ahead of time if they were flying the next day. On the night of 7 October [...

In August 1944, George Beaugh returned to the United States after flying 31 missions on a B-17 [Annotator's Note:...

The war changed Bernard Smith's life like it changed everybody's. It is a different world. Up until 1945, and the...

[Annotator's Note: A person is seen walking back and forth in the background from time to time throughout this clip]....

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