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[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee’s chair makes noise throughout the segment.] After being accepted into the Army Air...

In late October 1944, while flying a combat mission, Walter Douglas witnessed an air collision. Two B-17s [Annotator's...

The war in Europe had ended, but the war in the Pacific continued. The Allies were supporting Chiang Kai-Shek [...

Joseph Armanini tells a story about how the tail of a B-17 [Annotators Note: Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber...

After the war, Oscar Johnson remained single and never had children. He did not marry until 1986. He feels his wife [...

John Howland had been involved in Operation Fortitude in deceiving the Germans before D-Day. They were not affected by...

[Annotator's Note: Paul Dietzel served in the USAAF as a copilot on Boeing B-29 Superfortress very heavy bombers in the...

Virgil Faust was born in Windber, Pennsylvania, an old gold mining town. [Annotator's Note: Faust was born in August...

[Annotator's Note: A dog can be heard whining in the background throughout this segment.] The Army Air Forces assigned...

[Annotator’s Note: Interviewee’s chair makes noise throughout the segment.] After receiving his commission as a second...

Walter Douglas recalled a flight surgeon okayed one of his crewmen for a mission that he was not ready for. He also...

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