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Raymond Cauble had to leave his wife in Tampa [Annotator's Note: Tampa, Florida] when he went up to Smyrna [Annotator's...

William White Brainard [Annotator's Note: who was serving as a radioman on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber...

Steve Pisanos was on the first Schweinfurt mission during which 60 B-17s were lost. The bombers were escorted by the...

On 15 August 1945 nobody came to pick Robert Rosendahl and his fellow prisoners up to go to work. One of the prisoners...

George E. Budlong reported for induction at Fort Devens, Massachusetts and was assigned to a unit consisting of guys...

In primary training, Revis Haslett flew a P-17 [Annotator's Note: the PT-17 Stearman]. In basic training, he flew a B-...

Only one time did Frederick Amore come into a truly dangerous situation. He was not supposed to be in a "combat area,"...

Henry Lederer was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in March 1920. His father was a watchmaker and jeweler who came to...

Walter Atwood worked for Boeing [Annotator's Note: The Boeing Company] for a couple of years and got deferments [...

Before he graduated, Harold Daniel Snyder went to enlist in the Army Air Corps with three others. His parents did not...

Carl Platkin was in England for a week before he flew his first mission. He went down to a briefing at four o’clock in...

Richard T. Russell, Jr. heard that the Japs [Annotator's Note: a period derogatory term for Japanese] had bombed Pearl...

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