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Jack Buckner and his aircrew only flew missions in support of ground troops in invasions. For the invasion of Sicily,...

Darrell Welch never turned back from a mission. There was one mission where he should have. Welch had a good mechanic....

When his crew got to Italy, Edwin Sved said they lived in tents in a farm field, and flew out of a makeshift airstrip...

Joel Urice was born in Oklahoma in March 1924. He grew up in a small town. Everything moved slower back then. Urice’s...

Donald E. Casey was captured by German soldiers [Annotator’s Note: after his Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber...

McKee was born on September 19, 1921 in Southern Oklahoma. As was the case in most births in those days, he was born on...

Richard Candelaria went down the hill to a couple of cabins. He did not see anyone near the first one. When he went to...

During the mission of 10 January [Annotator's Note: 10 January 1945], Walter Bala's plane was returning to base when it...

Moise S. Steeg, Jr. has a Biblical first name; in French it means Moses. His family left Spain during the Inquisition [...

Stephen Ananian went to New York City [Annotator's Note: New York, New York]. He was going to fly overseas on a bomber...

George Roberts remembers a pilot named Clyde Cosper. He was a sergeant who went through flight school and was...

Stanley Berman [Annotator's Note: with the 8th Air Force in England] trained on a Stearman PT-17 [Annotator's Note:...

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