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On 2 March 1945, Eugene Vaadi and his crew were shot down over Dresden, Germany and taken prisoner. On 4 April 1945,...

Lewis Thomas Easterling was sent to Maxwell Field [Annotator's Notes: Maxwell Field, Alabama] for pre-flight training...

Before D-Day [Annotator's Note: D-Day; the Allied invasion of Normandy, France on 6 June 1944], Myron L. Guisewhite...

Dave Fleischer had a friend with whom he went to enlist. His friend went into the Navy, but Fleischer wanted to enlist...

John Noack’s navigator wrote a letter home in code. Noack was allowed to write two letters home per month. They were...

After surrendering to the German soldier [Annotator's Note: see segment titled Shot Down Over Ludwigshafen], John Sacks...

William White Brainard was born in East Orange, New Jersey in 1922. He grew up with one brother and two sisters. His...

Leonard Spivey enjoyed his baptism by fire on his first mission. Their first mission was on 22 June and they went to...

John Arch McGill was born in Okolona, Arkansas in 1923. His father raised open-range cattle, hogs and chickens, and...

Donald Rudolph Carlson feels that World War 2 changed the world. He did not fight in it, because in 1941 when we [...

Philip Grass recalls that five companies did most of the work in New Guinea. They helped unload the ships. In August or...

Otto Kirkpatrick got orders on Easter Sunday 1943 to transfer to the 322nd Bomb Group [Annotator’s Note: 322nd...

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