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Bradford Clark Freeman was born in Lowndes County [Annotator's Note: Lowndes County, Mississippi], and attended school...

Norman Riggsby was drafted. He then went to an examination. Afterward, he went to a reception center in Michigan. From...

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

Chester Brewer saw his first person bail out on his first mission. The plane alongside of them was on fire. They had a...

Herbert Heilbrun went through the cadets with Lyle Pearson. On 29 December [Annotator's Note: 29 December 1944],...

When George Hardy would go out and get his airplane into position, his crew chief would ride on the wing. It is really...

[Annotator's Note: John Angier was a prisoner of war in Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany.] The German forces held even...

During the Great Depression [Annotator's Note: The Great Depression, a global economic depression that lasted from 1929...

Joseph Richard Bernardi, Senior went on a mission to Berlin [Annotator’s Note: Berlin, Germany with the 509th...

John Paul and his aircrew arrived in England in January 1944. [Annotator's Note: The interviewer asks Paul if he flew...

Glen Jostad describes his terrible experience during eight days transit from one Stalag to another. The cramped boxcar...

Joel Urice saw the hole in their plane before they landed. He does not remember ever discussing the missions with the...

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