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Walter Ram arrived at his base in Bassingbourn, near London. His plane was part of the 94th Bombardment Group, 331st...

Russian aircraft were strafing the area where Aubrey Bradley was being held, and he was given coffee and stale bread...

Joseph Simpson remembers most profoundly from World War 2 his feelings when he got out of the Rur River. He did not...

Donald E. Casey [Annotator’s Note: liberated from Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany on 29 April l1945] had been a...

The sky was full of German planes and right before it got daylight, Donald Evans was on deck and could see the Italian...

Lloyd Reese was a bombardier on a B-24 for the 67th Bombardment Squadron, 44th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force. He and...

Richard "Dick" Schneider became a spare tail gunner after the loss of his former crew mates. It was not his preference...

William White Brainard served as a radioman on a B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] for...

The bases where Alvin Calendar served were often under attack by the enemy. He spent many a night in an air raid...

Robert A. Stachel [Annotator's Note: a tail gunner in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group did a...

Frank Buschmeier and his crew had been to Berlin. It was high time to have an easy mission. The guys were told it was...

At sea on the Gripsholm, Adolf Wesselhoeft had his first impression that the world was at war. When he arrived in...

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