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In 1936, many of Gerhard Franzky's friends joined the Hitler Youth. For them it was like the scouts [Annotator's Note:...

Gatewood led his squadron on his fourth mission. At 1 point during the raid he was all by himself and had to pull up to...

When Crain was in the armada heading towards the beaches [Annotator's Note: during the invasion of Sicily, July 1943],...

Robert Doolan was born in March 1917 in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was wonderful to grow up in Cincinnati and he still loves...

William Splichal was right in the war room. It was full of bright lights. There were maps all over the wall. They had...

Going into this invasion [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944] was not...

After the Battle of the Bulge, Elmer Knudsen was deployed close to the Rhine River and was billeted in a private...

Edward J. Manzi was drafted into the Army and sent to Camp Haan, California for basic training. He quickly learned to...

World War 2 changed Richard Willett's life by making it possible for him to go to college. He learned how to discipline...

Herbert Heilbrun believes in the power of prayer. On his fourth mission, Heilbrun was flying with 36 airplanes in nine...

Monroe S. Wolyn remembers the missions they went on usually had between 100 and 300 airplanes. Many missions were...

For James "Jim" L. Brooks' [Annotator's Note: a pilot with 307th Fighter Squadron, 31st Fighter Group, 15th Air Force]...

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