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Ben Epstein reiterated that his mother's influence, and her mantra "Don't ever give up," saved his life the night the...

The drop zone for Operation Varsity was near Wessel, Germany, and James Pritchett described how General Montgomery's [...

[Annotator's Note: Chester Brewer returned home after his 27th mission in Europe as a tail gunner on a Boeing B-17...

John Symons started out with P-40s [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft]. Chennault [Annotator's...

Cleveland Peterson's most memorable experience was being close to Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. During the...

Robert Whitcomb was put in a compound with Polish prisoners who had been there for six years [Annotator's Note: at...

Jerome "Jerry" Riga was on a mission and saw a tank. As he went down to strafe it, Riga was hit by antiaircraft fire....

Enrique Cervantes felt the urge to join the war effort after the United States' entry into the conflict. His older...

Jerome Harold Black got lucky and got called in by the Commanding General of Allied Force Headquarters [Annotator's...

Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] was told to put on his clothes and was taken out of solitary [...

Alvin Russo was born in December 1924 in Buffalo, New York. He was an only child. His father was a pharmacist. His...

On missions to Ploesti [Annotator’s Note: Ploesti, Romania], Theodore “Ted” R. Rogal [Annotator’s Note: a co-pilot with...

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