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Edward Grant flew his first mission in March 1945. He took for granted that he might be shot down. His airfield did not...

Harvey Segal reached the French coast. He had to board a landing craft after taking off his 80 pound pack. The timing...

John Howland had taken flight courses and was ready to join the Air Force but was restricted from becoming a pilot...

The Air Force sent Hewitt Brian Gomez to Nashville, Tennessee to be tested for placement. Because of his height, he was...

Elliot Goldstein was born in March 1929 in New York City [Annotator’s Note: New York City, New York]. He grew up in...

Raymond Mabarac enlisted because he thought he could do more for the country by being in the military. Moreover, all...

Robert Mero's decoration [Annotator's Note: see clip titled Earning the Bronze Star] gave him an advantage in the...

Leon Dixon started his own company after the war. He worked a good while to save up money. He worked at the Kaiser...

The second day, Robert L. Williams and the others went to the town of Vierville. They had gotten reports that Vierville...

Bradford Clark Freeman had the points [Annotator's Note: a point system was devised based on a number of factors that...

Frank Dolsen [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] went on a...

James Cockrell [Annotator's Note: with the 10th Engineer Combat Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division] landed in Anzio [...

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