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Paluch believes that it is very important that institutions like the World War II Museum preserve the stories of people...

There were roughly 36 planes in each mission from the base [Annotator's Note: Royal Air Force Thurleigh in Thurleigh,...

For the invasion [Annotator's Note: Operation Dragoon, Provence, Southern France, 15 August 1944], Melbourne Sanford...

If the aviators saw a plane hit, they would count the parachutes that came out. According to Darrell D. Gust, if the...

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...

They proceeded on and went to the Rhine River, in the town of Remagen. Troops ahead of them had secured the Remagen...

In 1944, they came out with water injection which added 200 horsepower. Bryan’s planes did not have it and he was a...

The GI that helped Currey with the bazooka was Adam Lucero.Currey recalled the events of the actions that lead to him...

Dave Fleischer had a friend with whom he went to enlist. His friend went into the Navy, but Fleischer wanted to enlist...

On 2 March 1945, Eugene Vaadi and his crew were shot down over Dresden, Germany and taken prisoner. On 4 April 1945,...

Gerald Auerbach was born in New York City [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York] in 1924. Because of the Great...

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