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Bernard Smith was born in July 1923 in Brooklyn, New York. He did not grow up there. They moved to Syracuse, New York...

Virgil Clayton Moen did not suffer from post traumatic stress or any other psychological issues after returning from...

Enrique Cervantes recounts how at SAC [Annotator's Note: Strategic Air Command] headquarters he was asked to accompany...

Robert Kean talks about a letter he wrote home. After the Bulge [Annotator's Note: Battle of the Bulge or German...

Lloyd Burns remarks on the reputation of the B-26s [Annotator's Note: Martin B-26 Marauder medium bomber]. They were...

Currey left the burning house. He ran for the American line. They stayed in a defensive position that night. The next...

Joseph Pilcher said that when the war ended in Europe, it seemed like every aircraft in the 9th Air Force went airborne...

John Noack and his crew finally got a plane. They took their time in breaking it in. Finally they received orders to go...

Scheduled to take part in the bombing of German held oil fields in Romania, Robert Sweatt left Portreath, England on a...

Theodore Vallas left the Navy after the war in order to play professional sports. He enrolled in college to play...

Walter "Babe" Gantz was sent to Camp Grant [Annotator's Note: Camp Grant in Rockford, Illinois] where he took basic...

Samuel W. Smith passed his instrument school training a week before graduation. He got a 250 dollar allowance to buy a...

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