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Synder, Harold Forming a Crew
Harold Daniel Snyder was assigned to one of the veteran gunners for training. After that gunner shipped back out,...
Heller, Robert Forming a Crew
The ten member B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] crew that Robert Heller joined was...
Edwards, Marvin Forming a Crew and Overseas Deployment
Marvin Raymond Edwards had all kinds in his crew. One was from New Mexico, several from the Midwest, one from Texas,...
Fienup, Victor Forming Crews and Going Overseas
Victor Fienup and his crew [Annotator's Note: in the 351st Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...
Rozett, Walter Forming His Crew and Going Overseas
Walter Rozett had a very good relationship with the enlisted men [Annotator's Note: on his bomber crew] and saw several...
Kneflin, Charles Forming the 29th Bombardment Group
[Annotator's Note: Charles Kneflin was sent to Camp Shelby, Mississippi for combat engineer training, which he did not...
Rinas, Bruno Formosa
In Formosa [Annotator's Note: present day Taiwan], Bruno S. Rinas worked in the sugar cane fields. He carried "honey...
Grant, Olen "Reb" Four prisoners, two nuns, and Karl
Olen Grant only had one surgery while he was in Austria. In the hospital room Grant was in there were three Americans...
McGuire, Joseph Free Time in India
Joseph McGuire went on leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of time] to Bombay [Annotator'...
Vaadi, Eugene Freedom and Career
Eugene Vaadi had been a prisoner in China since January 1953. August 1956 he and his crew members were called in...
Siracuse, James French Girls and Going Home
The woman spoke English. James Siracuse asked if he could join her. They chatted for awhile. She was a medical student...
Wulf, Lawrence Frightening Adventure on Angar Island
Lawrence Wulf [Annotator's Note: a pilot with the 19th Bombardment Squadron, 22nd Bombardment Group, 5th Air Force] was...
McCowen, William Frightening Nuclear Mission
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks William McCowen to discuss a comparison of his nuclear bomb missions in the...
Grant, Olen "Reb" From a pub to the Yankee Raider
Grant was in town the night before the Stuttgart mission. He had waited around until about 8:00 o'clock before taking...
Geist, Lloyd From an Aviation Cadet to a Flight Instructor
Due to a pilot shortage, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor [Annotator's Note: the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor...
Synder, Harold From Biak to the Philippines
On Biak [Annotator's Note: Biak, West New Guinea], it would rain every day at about one o'clock for about ten minutes....
Wiswall, Frank From Cavalryman to Aviator
[Annotator’s Note: A woman interjects throughout this clip.] Frank A. Wiswall was born in September 1919 in Brooklyn,...
Goodwin, Hersey From Iwo Jima to the Korean War
Hersey Goodwin flew one mission over Iwo [Annotator's Note: Iwo Jima, Japan] where they [Annotator's Note: 11th...
Kiefer, Keith From Las Vegas to Enewetak
Keith Kiefer got his ground radio maintenance training in Biloxi, Mississippi, at Keesler Air Force Base. Kiefer then...
Aust, Abner From Picking Cotton to Flying Fighters
Abner Aust was born in Scooba, Mississippi. He took civilian pilot training in college. When he finished he went to...
Fienup, Victor From Stalag Luft III to Moosburg
Victor Fienup [Annotator's Note: an American prisoner of war] was taken to Stalag Luft III [Annotator's Note: in Sagan...
Eustis, Lawrence From the Depression to the Army
Lawrence Eustis was born in March 1921 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was one of nine children. During the Great...
Faust, Virgil From the Mine to a B-17
Virgil Faust was born in Windber, Pennsylvania, an old gold mining town. [Annotator's Note: Faust was born in August...
Whitman, Philip From the Navy to the Army Air Corps
[Annotator's Note: Philip Whitman joined the Navy on 18 August 1937.] Whitman really enjoyed the Navy and had a hard...
Rosendahl, Robert From the Philippines to Manchuria
Robert Rosendahl got out of Camp O'Donnell and went on a detail north of a town called Cabanatuan where he was put to...
Pale, Vincent Games, Sports and Forced Marches
There was a chaplain in the camp [Annotator's Note: Stalag XVII-B] who went around in an effort to keep up the morale...
Dolsen, Frank Gelsenkirchen Mission
Frank Dolsen [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] went on a...
Penick, Ed General Chennault
Edward Moore Penick, a pilot in the Army Air Corps, was sent overseas to Sichuan and Guilin, China as part of the 21st...
Dymnicki, Francis General Lucius Clay
Francis Dymnicki flew missions from France against Germany. There were few days off because of the perilous times. When...
Klenoski, Richard Generals Not Politicians
Richard Klenoski volunteered for aviation training while training to be a combat engineer. He qualified to be trained...
Bryan, Donald George Preddy and looking for Y29
In 1943, the 328th was stationed at Mitchell Field, Long Island, New York. The 47th was stationed down near the coast....
McGovern, George German Flak and Losing a Navigator
The missions George McGovern flew usually required between 4,000 and 6,000 pounds of bombs, with ten of those bombs...
Albright, William German Guards
[Annotator's Note: The tape cuts and then comes back to William Albright in midsentence.] In Wendover [Annotator's Note...
Siracuse, James German Guards, Flies, and a Honey Pot
[Annotator's Note: James Siracuse served in the USAAF as a pilot flying Douglas A-20 Havoc light bombers in the 669th...
Giller, Edward German Jet Fighter Aircraft
Edward Bonfoy Giller, Jr. encountered German fighter jets. The Germans tried to surprise attack them, but the Americans...

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