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James J. McDermott was born in Clearfield, Pennsylvania in October 1920. He worked for a brick manufacturing plant and...

Once assigned to the 17th Reconnaissance Squadron [Annotator's Note: 17th Reconnaissance Squadron, 71st Reconnaissance...

Jack Rolfson remembered there was a time when his squadron [Annotator's Note: 427th Bombardment Squadron, 303rd...

Robert Tyler Oakes recalls that the prisoners had a homemade radio that they hid from the German guards while he was in...

[Annotator's Note: Robert Doolan was a navigator on a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber that was heavily damaged...

John J. Connelly was captured by Germans when he bailed out of his plane and was transferred to Stalag Luft IV [...

Robert Shoens knew that the planes coming towards him were not the much hoped for escort. In the briefing room after...

[Annotator's Note: Edward Nacey retired from the US Air Force in August 1974.] In the service, all of your decisions...

Darrel D. Gust was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin in November 1921. His mother died when he was 11 years old, and, at...

[Annotator's Note: Jack Keller's wife assists him throughout the interview as he had a stroke and has trouble...

Robert Bueker returned to the United States in early July [Annotator's Note: July 1945]. He went to Reims, France first...

Chester Lee Strunk was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan in December 1922. His father was a foundry worker. It was tough...

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