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Douglas, Walter Battle of the Bulge
Walter Douglas wore the same necktie for every mission he went on. He also remarked that it was freezing temperatures...
Joy, Carrol Battle of the Bulge
Carrol Joy and two of his buddies took most of their equipment with them and loaded up their carbines to head to...
Walker, Robert Battle of the Bulge
On his first missions, Robert Walker was sent on four-plane flights to drop leaflet bombs over enemy territory. Each...
Maltbie, Archie Battle of the Bulge and into Germany
Archie Maltbie found the flying in the Battle of the Bulge to be some of the toughest work of his fighter career....
Pritchett, James Battle of the Bulge and Operation Varsity
The weather in Europe during December 1944 was bad, according to James Pritchett's account, and the air space around...
Catalano, Erico "Harry" Battle of the Bulge and War's End
Erico J. Catalano witnessed several plane crashes in mid-air or as they tried to land. There were close calls where the...
Guisewite, Myron Battle of the Bulge Drop
Myron L. Guisewhite trained with the Pathfinders [Annotator's Note: 1st Pathfinder Group (Provisional), 52nd Troop...
Race, John "Jack Race" Battle of the Bulge Flight
[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks John T. "Jack" Race to discuss when he flew British Major General Sir Francis...
McLaughlin, Sr., James Becoming a B-17 Pilot
James Kemp McLaughlin was ordered to report for duty at MacDill Field in Tampa. When he arrived on 29 April [Annotator'...
McLaurine, Luke Becoming a Bombardier
Luke Layton McLaurine, Jr. was called up in February 1943 and sent to Miami [Annotator's Note: Miami, Florida] for...
Rolfson, Jack Becoming a Bomber Pilot
Jack Rolfson born in September 1921 in Omaha, Nebraska. He grew up in the city, went to school, and would ride his bike...
Ragazzi, Frank Becoming a Bomber Pilot
While training on the newest version of the B-24 [Annotator's Note: Consolidated B-24 Liberator heavy bomber] as a...
Wulf, Lawrence Becoming a Bomber Pilot
Lawrence Wulf enlisted in the US Army Air Force. He was sent to Victory Field in Vernon, Texas. His instructor was...
Sacks, John Becoming a Combat Airman
[Annotator's Note: Segment begins with Sacks and the interviewer discussing the interviewee referring to his notes...
Levy, Stanley Becoming a Cryptographer
On 7 December 1941, Stanley "Stan" Levy was sitting on the floor of the family home reading the newspaper and listening...
Goebel, Robert Becoming a Fighter Ace Twice
Robert J. "Bob" Goebel feels it was not a big deal to become an Ace [Annotator's Note: military aviator credited with...
Guillory, Lloyd Becoming a Fighter Pilot
Lloyd Guillory and the other new pilots were told that they would initially train in P-40s [Annotator's Note: Curtiss P...
Bryan, Donald Becoming a fighter pilot
Donald Bryan took off on 140 missions but only completed 138 of them. The bombers aborted on two of them because of...
Hanley, Fiske Becoming a Flight Engineer
Fiske Hanley II was selected to go to flight engineer school after basic training because of his college degree in...
Richard, Martin Becoming a Flight Engineer and Overseas Deployment
When Martin Richard was inducted into the service, he could choose his branch of service. You could not volunteer, you...
Williams, Kenneth Becoming a Military Pilot
Kenneth R. Williams was classified as an aviation cadet and reported to San Antonio, Texas in March [Annotator’s Note:...
Nacey, Ed Becoming a Navigator
[Annotator's Note: Edward Nacey joined the US Army Air Forces and was sent to California in 1943.] He was so excited....
Doolan, Robert Becoming a Navigator
From the time Robert Doolan was ten or 12 years old, he wanted to fly. He was in high school and you had to have some...
Moore, Charles Becoming a Navigator
Charles Moore was born in Washington, D.C. on 14 May 1919. Growing up with five siblings, Moore had a twin sister....
Gomez, Hewitt Becoming a Navigator
The Air Force sent Hewitt Brian Gomez to Nashville, Tennessee to be tested for placement. Because of his height, he was...
Ruess, Richard Becoming a Navigator
After about five weeks of pilot school and 20 solo hours [Annotator's Note: at the Allen Hancock College of Aeronautics...
Gomez, Hewitt Becoming a Navigator
Hewitt Brian Gomez was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in January 1925. He recalled that he was playing football at a...
Field, Edward Becoming a Navigator
Edward Field was accepted [Annotator's Note: into the United States Army Air Forces Aviation Cadet Program] and was...
Casey, Donald Becoming a Navigator
Donald E. Casey served as a second lieutenant and navigator during World War 2. Prior to the breakout of war, Casey...
Howland, John Becoming a Navigator
John Howland had taken flight courses and was ready to join the Air Force but was restricted from becoming a pilot...
Welch, Darrell Becoming a P-38 Pilot
Darrell Welch trained on twin engine aircraft. He was flying bombers in flight school and assumed he was going to be a...
Maltbie, Archie Becoming a Pilot
Archie Maltbie was called up by the air force in January 1943. After going through the selection school in order to...
Myers, Homer Becoming a Pilot
Homer Myers flew the T-17 Stearman [Annotator's Note: Boeing-Stearman PT-17 Kaydet primary trainer aircraft] in...
Sanders, Jack Becoming a Pilot
When Jack Sanders decided to enlist, he knew nothing about air operations let alone how hard it was to get into the air...
Sieck, Albert Becoming a Pilot
Albert Sieck was born in Norfolk, Nebraska in October 1921. He graduated from high school in 1939 and found a job...
Haslett, Revis Becoming a Pilot
Revis Dale Haslett was born in July 1922 in Brownstown, Illinois. He lived in Illinois until after he graduated high...

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