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Wicker was not fast enough so his buddy would help him swim along in the water [Annotators Note: during the attack on...

Donald Dean Paynter had three separate occasions where some of their enlisted men were hit by flak [Annotator's Note:...

Joseph Armanini was assigned to bombardier school. He wanted to be a bombardier because as a bombardier you saw action...

William Pena and his men took up a position in the town across from what was a girl’s school run by nuns. That morning...

James E. Haynes Sr. returned home and found it a little different after being away for four years. He thought about...

John Bache-Wiig, Jr. went to Mather Field in Sacramento [Annotator's Note: Sacramento, California] for special unit...

Harold Beal did not want to stay in the Navy. He had PTSD [Annotator's Note: post-traumatic stress disorder; a mental...

Wicker was told to go relieve the man on the gate but he refused because he knew he had more points than any man over...

Donald Dean Paynter always had problems with his heated suit and would be freezing. He would have to go on oxygen at 12...

Jospeh Armanini went to gunnery school while still Stateside. He describes the bombardier's responsibilities while...

William Pena arrived at the aid station. The medic that had been attached to him and his men joked that they had...

After five years in Denver, Enrique Cervantes was assigned to a new mission in Wichita, Kansas. A new airbase named...

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