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Herman Molen remembers some pilots had good records and others did not. The lead plane had two engines out [Annotator’s...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Doolan was a prisoner of war in Stalag Luft III in Zagań, Poland.] There were about 2,000...

When the draft began in 1942, everyone from the ages 17 and a half to 35 years old had to sign up. Roberto "Bob” Ruiz...

Seymour Mermelstein was on night patrols most of the time and says they are all pretty much the same. He went out on...

Norman Johnson recalls moving through France and into Germany and how many of the people stood down and surrendered as...

Word of the German surrender reached Don Carter. The end of the war signals its most dangerous phase as, although the...

Herman Molen volunteered to go on the second Schweinfurt mission [Annotator’s Note: The Second Schweinfurt raid, also...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Doolan was marched from Stalag Luft III in Zagań, Poland to Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany...

Robert "Bob” Ruiz was sent overseas on a ship in a convoy from New York [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. The...

Seymour Mermelstein encountered civilians in some of the small towns they went through. [Annotator's Note: Mermelstein...

Norman Johnson was on a 45 day leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] and by the...

[Annotator’s Note: A dog panting is audible in the background throughout segment.] William Batty was born in December...

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