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If the aviators saw a plane hit, they would count the parachutes that came out. According to Darrell D. Gust, if the...

Kalil and the others were not prepared while training in Louisiana. They did not have any of the equipment they would...

John T. Fallon lost his Colonel Lombard [Annotator's Note: of the 36th Engineer Combat Regiment] and was not the first...

After training, Leon Dixon headed to Europe. He was going to defend his country. He went to North Africa and landed in...

Richard Candelaria credits the 8th Air Force for never having been turned back on a mission by enemy action. Enemy...

James McDermott was at Moosburg [Annotator’s Note: Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany] when the Germans surrendered. He...

Norman Weber is shocked by his experience in the Hitler Youth [Annotator's Note: a youth organization of the Nazi Party...

After completing his training, Mort Walker volunteered for overseas duty because he had heard that once the war was...

Wayne Lebsack was born in July 1925 in Great Bend, Kansas. He and his two sisters grew up in Galatia, Kansas where his...

Frank Dolsen, [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] captured...

Jack Wilt was born in February 1927 in Kent, Ohio. He grew up with one younger sister. He played basketball and other...

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