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Ford, Richard Segment 11
Richard Ford was pinned down by a German machine gun. He was up against a hedgerow so tight that he could not move. The...
Buschmeier, Frank Comments on the Luftwaffe
Frank Buschmeier was put into a big room on the first night. All night long guys were coming in and were trying to find...
Wold, Vernon Korean War
Vernon Wold was infantry in World War 2 and a medic in Korea [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 1950 to 1953]. He went to...
Heim, Henry Attack on Pearl Harbor
Henry Heim was a waist gunner for nine months in Hawaii. Then came Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack...
Evans, James Postwar and Reflections
In May 1946, James O. Evans was serving with the United Supreme European Theater of Operations in Frankfurt, Germany...
Lederer, Henry Why We Have War
Henry Lederer says that over 600,000 people were killed in the Civil War. [Annotator's Note: American Civil War, 1861...
Schafer, Leon Effects of the War
Leon Schafer is certain the war affected his life afterwards. Number one, he never left his wife. When he got home, he...
Getway, John Prewar and Training
John Steven Getway was born in 1921 in Sharpsville, Pennsylvania with two older brothers, Paul and Charles, and five...
Haffner, Robert Growing up in Detroit during the Great Depression
Robert Haffner was born in November 1924 on the eastern side of Detroit, Michigan. Haffner remembers growing up in a...
Fienup, Victor Bailing Out and Captured
There was a lot of "oohs and ahhs" at the mission briefing [Annotator's Note: for Victor Fienup's 17 August 1943...
Neilson, Francis Combat Missions over Europe
Defying orders, Francis Neilson took pictures and kept a journal of his flights, and later put together a book that,...
Klenoski, Richard Prewar to Bomber Navigator
Richard Klenoski was born in Saginaw, Michigan in June 1924. He had three brothers and two sisters and was number two....

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