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Leese, Robert Conquest of New Guinea
By the time the United States dropped the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Robert Leese had completed his required missions and was back hom
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Leese, Robert Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Robert Leese was born in February 1923 in Manheim, Pennsylvania, one of six siblings.
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Leese, Robert Returning Home and Reflections
With his orders in hand, Robert Leese left New Guinea by way of Nadzab and Finschhafen, and sailed on a transport ship to Angel Island outside of S
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Lefever, Paul Advanced Training and Deployment
After gunnery school, Paul Lefever underwent training at Buckley Field, Colorado for pursuit armors training and had bombardment training at Salt L
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Lefever, Paul Attacking a V-2 Factory in Stettin, Germany
Paul Lefever related in depth his mission to destroy a well protected V-2 rocket manufacturing site in Stettin [Annotator's Note: Stettin, Ger
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Lefever, Paul Being an Aerial Gunner
The first mission Paul Lefever participated in was the second Schweinfurt mission [Annotator's Note: on 14 October 1943], which was very costl
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Lefever, Paul Early Life, Enlistment and Training
Paul Lefever was born in September 1920 in Strasburg Township, Pennsylvania, the youngest and only son among the three children in his family.
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Lefever, Paul Happy Homecoming
When Paul Lefever saw Patton [Annotator's Note: US Army Lieutenant General George S.
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Lefever, Paul Missions from England and France
Paul Lefever acknowledged that many men suffered because there was a stigma attached to going to a "flak house" for rest, and wouldn'
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Lefever, Paul Prisoner of War in Germany and Liberation
Paul Lefever said he was not mistreated by his German captors, but was taken into town and left in a dark loft without medical attention.
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Lefever, Paul Shot Down Over the Mosel River
Deep penetration raids were the most dangerous, according to Paul Lefever, and he was shot down during an attack on a railroad bridge over the Mose
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Lefever, Paul Watching Planes Return from Missions
On days that Paul Lefever didn't fly, he would watch other squadrons take off, identify planes by their numbers, and wait for their return.