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  • Coop, Willard Missions over Europe

    Willard Haul "Jack" Coop joined the 418th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force in January 1945 and flew 30 missio

  • Coop, Willard Postwar

    After World War 2, Willard Haul Coop re-enlisted and went to Korea for one year during the Korean War [Annotator's Note: Korean War, 25 June 1

  • Coop, Willard Prewar Life to Enlistment

    Willard Haul "Jack" Coop was born in April 1924 in Sulphur, Kentucky. He grew up with two younger sisters.

  • Coop, Willard Reflections

    Willard Haul "Jack" Coop's most memorable experience of World War 2 was VE-Day [Annotator's Note: Victory in Europe Day, 8 May

  • Coop, Willard War's End

    Willard Haul "Jack" Coop [Annotator's Note: with the 418th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force in England]

  • Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 1

    Corbin discusses the Battle of the Bulge, the Hammelburg Raid, and the book The Longest Winter [Annotator's Note: The Longest Winter by Alex K

  • Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 2

    They were taken into the pillbox and searched [Annotator’s Note: after being captured by Germans near Aachen in November 1944].

  • Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 3

    They were taken across the Rhine River on a streetcar then put into an underground dungeon [Annotator’s Note: American prisoners of war in Germany]

  • Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 4

    They were told that they had to march about 60 miles [Annotator’s Note: as American prisoners of war in Poland].

  • Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 5

    The Germans had diverted two divisions to deal with this salient in their rear echelon.

  • Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 6

    That night they ran out of trees [Annotator’s Note: after escaping a German prisoner of war camp and looking for Americans].

  • Corbin, Robert "Bob" Segment 7

    After they got away Corbin was told by his adjutant about Colonel Waters [Annotator's Note: US Army General John K. Waters, DSC.

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