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Raymond Mabarac was born in January 1922 and grew up in Detroit, Michigan. He was the second of four sons. His father...

In describing what it was like to go into combat for the first time, Robert Boyer said he saw a comrade "go to pieces"...

Herbert W. Ridyard was called up for service on his birthday, 6 July [Annotator's Note: 6 July 1943]. He had previously...

Leonard Gaj [Annotator’s Note: captured on D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944, while serving...

In 1946, Walter McNeely was shipped from Europe to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. He and a friend bought some bananas and...

Harry Snyder was born in August 1921 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was an only child who lived with his mother and...

Henry Burkle’s wife’s father was trying to raise chickens. One of the things Burkle did during the Depression [...

Russell Engel was born in Vesta, Minnesota, the son of a farmer who left the farm to work in oil refineries in Caspar,...

Rita Brandes has vivid memories of the bombing raids. Bremen [Annotator's Note: Bremen, Germany] was one of the three...

Clarence Anderson had to fly differently than usual because of the amount of fuel he had aboard. All of the fighters...

The attack on the barn took place between Arras and Amiens. When Gerhard Franzky was caught the second time he was sent...

Thomas Creekmore [Annotator's Note: a radio operator in the 365th Bombardment Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group, 8th...

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