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There was a set procedure for ditching an airplane which they had practiced before. Everyone except the pilot and...

Francis Hurd's engineering unit [Annotator's Note: the 291st Engineer Combat Battalion] built a number of Bailey...

Although Dominick Sgobbo was not the soldier with the longest tenure, he became a squad leader because he was the best...

Archie Maltbie flew one of his last missions of the war against a very large German ammunition dump. There was a huge...

Philip Grass remembers being near Port Moresby [Annotator’s Note: Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea]. Their encampment had...

Chester David returned to the United States after working in Germany following the war. He became a rice farmer. He...

Wendell Galbraith was discharged at Fort Sheridan, Illinois as a Tech Sergeant [Annotator's Note: Technical Sergeant;...

Thomas Creekmore [Annotator's Note: a radio operator in the 365th Bombardment Squadron, 305th Bombardment Group, 8th...

Norman Weber has a significant and raw memory of how the war ended. The family had to flee their home. It was the end...

Robert Wolff had his first flying experience when he was 10 or 12 years old. He used to make model airplanes for fun....

There was a Czechoslovakian man who could not pronounce Arles J. Doss's name. During basic training, a man would play...

One of Elmo Bell's superiors [Annotator's Note: he does not specify who] doubted the effectiveness of the pathfinder...

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