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[Annotator's Note: Robert Haffner served in the Army as a truck driver in Company A, 307th Airborne Engineer Battalion...

Malcolm Ernest was born in Tuscaloosa, Alabama in June 1916. He was at Nichols Field in Manila [Annotator's Note:...

Robert Heller was flying at an unnerving altitude and had not yet reached his target when his plane was overtaken by...

Hewitt Brian Gomez returned home mid July 1945 for leave [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short period of...

Frank Finklang had intentions to go to pilot training but learned that the Air Force closed pilot school. He decided to...

[Annotator’s Note: Can hear paper ruffling, seats squeaking, and people in the background throughout this segment.] On...

In his discussion of his first tour of duty, Kenneth Beckman shares an anecdote about his 25th mission. [Annotator's...

John Noack’s navigator wrote a letter home in code. Noack was allowed to write two letters home per month. They were...

Courtland Claus could see buildings just beyond the dock when he arrived in India. He saw a stagecoach going by. It was...

Lowell Brueland saw that Germany had its last big gasp during the Battle of the Bulge. His squadron [Annotator’s Note...

Richard Baile's crew all thought alike. They were optimistic. None of them thought they would be shot down. Baile does...

There was a lot of "oohs and ahhs" at the mission briefing [Annotator's Note: for Victor Fienup's 17 August 1943...

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