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Every young adult should serve in the military. William L. Snow was only 20 years old when he flew his first mission....

There were four phases to Victor Fienup's flight training. Preflight was ground school for two months, primary was half...

Robert Haffner was born in November 1924 on the eastern side of Detroit, Michigan. Haffner remembers growing up in a...

The ten member B-17 [Annotator's Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber] crew that Robert Heller joined was...

Hewitt Brian Gomez was a navigator training with his crew at Chatham Field [Annotator's Note: Chatham, Georgia]. He...

Frank Finklang was put with experienced crews for nine missions, and then his original crew was reformed to fly their...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear paper ruffling in the background throughout this segment.] Albert Castaing was in New...

Kenneth Beckman trained with one crew prior to being sent overseas, then joined another crew just prior to leaving. He...

John Noack was visited again by the interrogator on the third day. Noack held fast and the interrogator did not ask...

Cortland Claus was born in May 1925 in Ridgeway, Ontario, Canada. He spent his first 10 years going through grade four...

Lowell Brueland named his Mustang [Annotator’s Note: North American P-51 Mustang fighter aircraft] after his half-...

The military taught Richard Baile discipline. It also gave him another education. The combination of his college...

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