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Freddie Ohr then called his flight up while the next two flights hit the field. They set the whole airfield on fire....

Harley Bridger's original crew stayed together the entire war except for the bombardier. He was a young, Jewish boy...

Monty Joe Boitnott found out through mock ups and charts what their destination and code name were going to be before...

Edward Field was born into a Jewish family in Brooklyn, New York in 1924. He was one of six children born to Eastern...

The Battle of the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German Ardennes Counter Offensive, 16 December 1944...

Victor Fienup does not remember his first mission [Annotator's Note: with the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th...

Philip Grass grew up in Alexandria [Annotator’s Note: Alexandria, Louisiana], but was born near Port Allen, Louisiana....

Samuel W. Smith remembers his flight engineer telling him that he dropped a screwdriver in the oil chamber. The B-24 [...

The worst part of the mission to Bremen for George Roberts was the fighters. Roberts operated his gun from the radio...

Wayne Pierce and his battalion [Annotator's Note: 1st Battalion, 325th Glider Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division...

William Patrick Bonelli retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1960. On the night of 6 December 1941, Bonelli was in...

In 1942, Joseph Stefaniak and some friends got a three-day pass [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short...

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