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John Lawler was born in September 1921 in Baltimore [Annotator's Note: Baltimore, Maryland] with three brothers and...

Alexander Jefferson went into Stalag Luft III [Annotator's Note: then in Sagan, Germany; now Żagań, Poland] with about...

The air raid sirens that would warn the ships of incoming kamikazes kept the men up day and night. Psychologically it...

Darrell Welch did encounter 190s [Annotator's Note: German Focke-Wulf Fw-190 fighter aircraft], which looked a lot like...

Enemy fighters would come from all directions at the bombers. William Fili says they would dive fast and then turn away...

Freddie Ohr then called his flight up while the next two flights hit the field. They set the whole airfield on fire....

Harry Baughman was born in Findlay, Ohio. He grew up there during the Great Depression, when "things were tough." When...

Ralph “Bud” Ginrich was not changed by his POW [Annotator’s Note: prisoner of war] experiences. Some Germans were...

Before they boarded the train, Rothacker Smith and his fellow prisoners were strip searched. Then, 52 men were loaded...

[Annotator's Note: Carl Peterson served in the Army as a mortar man in Company F, 2nd Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment...

They [Annotators Note: Barney Old Coyote and his older bother] went to gunnery school and did not know where they were...

F.M. Richard Simons only regrets losing good friends. He is an only child. His parents divorced. His mother got rid of...

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