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John J. Connelly was captured by Germans when he bailed out of his plane and was transferred to Stalag Luft IV [...

Robert Shoens knew that the planes coming towards him were not the much hoped for escort. In the briefing room after...

[Annotator's Note: Edward Nacey retired from the US Air Force in August 1974.] In the service, all of your decisions...

Darrel D. Gust was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in November 1921. His mother died when he was 11 years old, and, at...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Keller's wife assists him throughout the interview as he had a stroke and has trouble...

Robert Bueker returned to the United States in early July [Annotator's Note: July 1945]. He went to Reims, France first...

Chester Lee Strunk was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan in December 1922. His father was a foundry worker. It was tough...

Edgar A. Grabhorn's first ten missions [Annotator's Note: as a navigator with the 838th Bombardment Squadron, 487th...

In October 1942, William S. “Bill” Beamish enlisted in the Army Air Corps and was inducted in San Pedro [Annotator’s...

James McDermott considered the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress the best airplane there was. He did not like the B-24 [...

Lincoln Piazzo was recommended for the Medal of Honor for a mission over the most highly fortified area of the Pacific...

Jack Rolfson had a roommate who would find coal to warm their pot belly stove. He was a mathematician and was always...

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