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On one of Hewitt Brian Gomez's missions he and his crew spotted a German plane and they thought he was going to attack...

Henry Lederer was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in March 1920. His father was a watchmaker and jeweler who came to...

Leonard Spivey had to part ways with the “Georgia Rebel” and Ocie Jones. The next mission of importance was when Spivey...

Charles Kitching’s most memorable experience of World War 2 was crossing the Rhine River at two o’clock in the morning...

Jerome Harold Black went to Fort Sill [Annotator's Note: in Lawton, Oklahoma in February 1943] for about a year as an...

Paul Hissey was sent to Northern Texas for basic training for six weeks. He remembered the terrain to be very flat. He...

William Colgan was born in Quitman, Georgia. In 1930, when Colgan was only 10 years old, his father died, leaving his...

John L. Cowan's civilian career started out with way too much education. He got the right bosses and became known as an...

Joseph R. Romano used the G.I. Bill [Annotator's Note: the G.I. Bill, or Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, was...

[Annotator's Note: Wilhelm Gehlen was a boy growing up in Viersen, Germany during World War 2. He was in the Jungvolk...

There were a lot of events that did not make a lasting impression on Crain. He cannot recall the troops he brought in...

Baum served with the 4th Armored Division during WWII. He was born in New York and grew up in the Bronx. His father was...

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