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Pipes, Richard Remembering Pearl Harbor , Drafted into the Army and Becoming an American Citizen
It was the habit of Richard Pipes' college fraternity brothers to sit around and listen to the radio, and it was a...
Dolsen, Frank Dangerous Missions
Frank Dolsen's [Annotator's Note: with the 349th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force] first...
Ruiz, Nolan Life in England
[Annotator's Note: Nolan Ruiz was from Louisiana and he had joined the Army Air Corps, where he was trained as a ball...
Poulson, Ernest Prison Life in the Carpathian Alps
Ernest L. Poulson and the other prisoners were taken to a prison in Bucharest [Annotator's Note: Bucharest, Romania]....
Fouts, Henry Anecdotes
The housing at Henry Sherman Fouts' base was very primitive. He slept on a canvas cot and had only a couple of blankets...
Fitzpatrick, Thomas Life as an Airman in Italy
Dr. Thomas Fitzpatrick was assigned as the radio navigator in the 96th Bombardment Squadron, 2nd Bombardment Group,...
Roberts, George Flying a Combat Mission
George Roberts and his crewmates knew ahead of time if they were flying the next day. On the night of 7 October [...
Schneider, Richard Combat Missions
Richard "Dick" Schneider's first combat mission to bomb Berlin [Annotator's Note: Berlin, Germany] was not a lot of fun...
Sweatt, Robert Shot Down in Occupied Territory
On his seventeenth mission, Robert Sweatt was returning from Ludwigshafen, Germany when Jimmy Stewart [Annotator's Note...
Coop, Willard War's End
Willard Haul "Jack" Coop [Annotator's Note: with the 418th Bombardment Squadron, 100th Bombardment Group, 8th Air Force...
Finklang, Frank The Dangers of Missions
Frank Finklang was put with experienced crews for nine missions, and then his original crew was reformed to fly their...
Perdue, Cawthon "C.B. Perdue" Prison Camp and Liberation
Cawthon “C.B.” Perdue Jr. bailed out of his B-17 [Annotator's Note: a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress heavy bomber named “...

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