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Enrique Cervantes felt the urge to join the war effort after the United States' entry into the conflict. His older...

Jerome Harold Black got lucky and got called in by the Commanding General of Allied Force Headquarters [Annotator's...

Irving Baum [Annotator's Note: a prisoner of war] was told to put on his clothes and was taken out of solitary [...

Alvin Russo was born in December 1924 in Buffalo, New York. He was an only child. His father was a pharmacist. His...

On missions to Ploesti [Annotator’s Note: Ploesti, Romania], Theodore “Ted” R. Rogal [Annotator’s Note: a co-pilot with...

Leo Denault remembers there was a little town next to them with a geisha district [Annotator’s Note: geisha district,...

Louis Cardenas remembers that they were taken from the capture site to Bucharest, Romania, the capital city. They were...

From Germany, James Pritchett was flown to, and treated at, a general hospital in Herefordshire, England. After about a...

[Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Chester Brewer about a story of when he threw his hat down at a colonel.]...

In China, John Symons had one slit trench to take cover in in the event of a Japanese attack. One guy jumped in, hit...

Some of the primary targets Robert Whitcomb hit were marshalling yards, research facilities, and factories. They made...

Jerome "Jerry" Riga completed over 40 missions [Annotator's Note: as a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter pilot] in...

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