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Norris Waddill crossed the Rhine River about a month after Christmas [Annotator's Note: in early 1945]. Engineers were...

Carl Platkin was in England for a week before he flew his first mission. He went down to a briefing at four o’clock in...

Around 8:15 or 8:20 [Annotator's Note: on the morning of 16 April 1945] the first 4 Japanese kamikaze planes heading...

John J. Cupina recalled receiving a lot of enemy fire in a small village in Germany soon after they crossed the Rhine...

Archie Maltbie was called up by the air force in January 1943. After going through the selection school in order to...

Eugene T. Leavy was discharged in October 1947. With the Status of Forces Agreement of June 1947, Leavy was able to...

Bob Bartlett was born in April 1925 in Binghamton, New York and grew up in Johnson City, New York. He had one older...

Richard Duchossois did not witness any outbursts of anger by American servicemen. Their job was to win the war. They...

Wilford E. Hastings was very fortunate to not be in combat during the war. His most memorable experience during World...

On one mission, Bernard Smith's aircraft was taking off and the left wing began to dip. He got frightened and they hit...

Vernon Brantley was at Camp Polk, Louisiana [Annotator's Note: now Fort Polk, Vernon Parish, Louisiana] for maneuvers...

[Annotator's Note: There is a very loud humming noise throughout this clip.] After he was drafted [Annotator's Note: in...

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