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Avon is 60 miles south of Mitchell, South Dakota. George McGovern spent the first three years of his life in Avon. He...

William McCowen [Annotator's Note: a member of the US Army Air Forces out of Naples, Italy] had something strange...

Albert Porche began his typical day as a fighter armorer by having breakfast and then going to look on the board where...

The first plane Dr. Roscoe Brown shot down was a Me-262 [Annotator's Note: German Messerschmitt Me-262 jet fighter...

John Lawler flew a P-51 [Annotator's Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] with the 2nd Squadron, 52nd...

In late May 1945, because Frank Finklang did not have enough points to go home, he was transferred to 346th Bombardment...

Robert Tyler Oakes easily adjusted to civilian life. He was glad to be home. He does not recall any posttraumatic...

Kassal remembers making it to Palermo, Italy after three to four weeks with the 12th Tactical Air Command. He was in...

In May 1944, Thomas W. Stevenson Jr. completed all of his training and shipped out for Foggia, Italy where he joined...

Frederick Amore was transferred to Payne Field in Cairo, Egypt and, because there were too many mechanics there, he did...

Raymond Cauble had to leave his wife in Tampa [Annotator's Note: Tampa, Florida] when he went up to Smyrna [Annotator's...

Alexander Jefferson returned to the United States aboard ships, picking up men in England, and spending eight days...

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