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Stanley James Thurston was not provided basic training. After enlistment, he was sent to a pigeon outfit [Annotator's...

The most memorable experience of the war for George W. Bachmann, Junior [Annotator's Note: a waist gunner in the 367th...

Matthew A. Reluga's older brother Charles was an MP [Annotator's Note: military police]. Once Reluga got get a break in...

Don Tallon [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war in Stalag II-B in Hammerstein, Pomerania, now Czarne, Poland, in...

Erico J. Catalano witnessed several plane crashes in mid-air or as they tried to land. There were close calls where the...

Rackley was sent to Kearney, Nebraska for reassignment where he was given the keys to a brand new B-17 [Annotators...

John Paul flew 34 missions as a bomber pilot [Annotator's Note: with the 327th Bombardment Squadron, 92nd Bombardment...

After the kamikaze hit the ship it was the end of the war for the crew. She came back to the states on her own power....

John W. Marr was born in Johnson County, Missouri in May 1918. He grew up on a farm and moved farms twice during his...

William Leo Spaetgens and his Navy crewmates aboard the Liberty Ship SS Leslie M. Shaw (MC-0440) were all new to the...

After John Keema’s navigator Frank Delarmie [Annotator’s Note: unsure of spelling] was killed they were assigned a new...

There were four phases to Victor Fienup's flight training. Preflight was ground school for two months, primary was half...

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