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Frank Bostwick was en route back to the United States when the Germans surrendered on 8 May 1945. His air missions over...

Alex Carter Sr. went to boot camp in Norfolk, Virginia. He wanted to go to Vicksburg, Mississippi for welding school,...

Joseph Romano has stories, but it is like going to confession and forgetting your sins. He has a lot of experience....

Robert "Bob" Rickel says that there was very little room in the B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress...

[Annotator's Note: Gus Blass, II served in the Army as the commanding officer of Troop A, 24th Cavalry Reconnaissance...

Hundreds of thousands of men lost their lives, paying the ultimate sacrifice. Ettlinger admits the Allies did not do a...

Peter Du Pre was born in May 1923. He has three brothers and one sister. He was the oldest boy. His father was in the...

Monty Joe Boitnott and his squad ended up near Chimoy [Annotators Note: unsure of spelling] off the main road. One...

Before World War 2 began, Lutz Windisch did not necessarily think that Germany was headed for war, but he grew up in...

According to Joe Pigott, after December 1944, he could feel a change in the citizenry of Germany. Most were "ready to...

Gerard Dillon only had one situation where someone refused to jump. They were going to make a practice jump in France....

Charles Fitts, Jr. and the other prisoners were taken to a bunker. There, they realized just how many of the men had...

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